妄

妄 U+5984, 妄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5984
← 妃
[U+5983]
CJK Unified Ideographs 妅 →
[U+5985]
Stroke order
6 strokes

Translingual

Han character

妄 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜女女 (YVV), four-corner 00404, composition ⿱亡女)

References

  • KangXi: page 256, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6063
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1027, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5984

Chinese

trad. 妄
simp. # 妄
alternative forms 𡚶
𡔞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 妄
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maŋs) : phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ) + semantic 女.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 妄
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巫放切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muaŋH/
Li
Rong
/miuaŋH/
Wang
Li
/mĭwaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/miwaŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mong6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 妄
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*maŋ-s/
English reckless

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 妄
Reading # 1/1
No. 12684
Phonetic
component
亡
Rime
group
陽
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
妄
Old
Chinese
/*maŋs/

Definitions

妄

  1. improper; unrighteous
  2. absurd; foolish
  3. reckless; wild; presumptuous
  4. insolent; arrogant
  5. wilfully; recklessly; presumptuously

Compounds

  • 言十妄九
  • 言狂意妄
  • 任性妄為/任性妄为
  • 塵妄/尘妄
  • 大膽妄為/大胆妄为
  • 妄下雌黃/妄下雌黄
  • 妄動/妄动 (wàngdòng)
  • 妄圖/妄图 (wàngtú)
  • 妄為/妄为 (wàngwéi)
  • 妄生穿鑿/妄生穿凿
  • 妄稱/妄称 (wàngchēng)
  • 妄言妄聽/妄言妄听
  • 妄言輕動/妄言轻动
  • 妄誕/妄诞 (wàngdàn)
  • 妄語/妄语 (wàngyǔ)
  • 妄說/妄说 (wàngshuō)
  • 姑妄聽之/姑妄听之
  • 恣意妄為/恣意妄为
  • 無妄/无妄 (wúwàng)
  • 無妄之災/无妄之灾 (wúwàngzhīzāi)
  • 無妄之禍/无妄之祸
  • 無妄之福/无妄之福
  • 目不妄視/目不妄视
  • 瞽言妄舉/瞽言妄举
  • 禍不妄至/祸不妄至
  • 肆意妄為/肆意妄为
  • 膽大妄為/胆大妄为
  • 虛妄/虚妄 (xūwàng)
  • 誕妄/诞妄 (dànwàng)
  • 謀虛逐妄/谋虚逐妄
  • 謬妄/谬妄 (miùwàng)
  • 譫妄/谵妄 (zhānwàng)
  • 貪心妄想/贪心妄想
  • 輕舉妄動/轻举妄动 (qīngjǔ-wàngdòng)
  • 逞意妄為/逞意妄为
  • 驕矜狂妄/骄矜狂妄

Japanese

Kanji

妄

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. a lie
  2. carelessly

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

妄 (eumhun 허망할 망 (heomanghal mang))

  1. Hanja form? of 망 (“absurd, foolish, reckless”).
  2. Hanja form? of 망 (“false”).

Vietnamese

Han character

妄: Hán Nôm readings: vọng, vòng

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