茫

茫 U+832B, 茫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-832B
← 茪
[U+832A]
CJK Unified Ideographs 茬 →
[U+832C]

Translingual

Han character

茫 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿水卜女 (TEYV), four-corner 44110, composition ⿱艹汒)

References

  • KangXi: page 1028, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30900
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3210, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+832B

Chinese

trad. 茫
simp. # 茫
alternative forms 汒
芒

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maːŋ) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 汒 (OC *maːŋ, *maŋs).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • bông - literary;
  • bâng - vernacular.

Rime
Character 茫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫郎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/maŋ/
Li
Rong
/mɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/mɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
máng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mong4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 茫
Reading # 1/1
No. 12641
Phonetic
component
亡
Rime
group
陽
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
茫
Old
Chinese
/*maːŋ/
Notes 見漢書

Definitions

茫

  1. vast; boundless; widespread
  2. indistinct; vague
  3. † Alternative form of 忙 (máng).

Compounds

  • 茫洋
  • 茫然 (mángrán)
  • 茫然不知
  • 茫然不解
  • 茫然自失 (mángránzìshī)
  • 茫然若失 (mángránruòshī)
  • 茫然若迷
  • 茫茫 (mángmáng)
  • 茫茫一片
  • 茫茫人海
  • 茫茫大海
  • 茫茫渺渺
  • 茫茫然
  • 茫茫苦海
  • 荒茫 (huāngmáng)
  • 迷茫 (mímáng)
  • 黑茫茫
  • 暮色蒼茫/暮色苍茫
  • 茫無頭緒/茫无头绪
  • 茫然費解/茫然费解
  • 茫茫蕩蕩/茫茫荡荡
  • 蒼茫/苍茫 (cāngmáng)
  • 霧茫茫/雾茫茫

Japanese

Kanji

茫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. wide, expansive

Readings

  • Go-on: もう (mō)
  • Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
  • Kun: とおい (tōi, 茫い)

Korean

Hanja

茫 (eumhun 아득할 망 (adeukhal mang))

  1. Hanja form? of 망 (“vast, boundless, widespread”).

Vietnamese

Han character

茫: Hán Nôm readings: mương, mang

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