妄

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 妄
alt. 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
Characters in the same phonetic series (亡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
忙 *maːŋ
芒 *maːŋ, *maŋ
茫 *maːŋ
恾 *maːŋ
吂 *maːŋ, *maːŋs
汒 *maːŋ, *maŋs
朚 *maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙 *maːŋ, *maŋ
杗 *maːŋ, *maŋ
荒 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs
肓 *hmaːŋ
衁 *hmaːŋ
巟 *hmaːŋ
詤 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ
謊 *hmaːŋʔ
喪 *smaːŋs, *smaːŋ
亡 *maŋ
望 *maŋ, *maŋs
莣 *maŋ
朢 *maŋ, *maŋs
鋩 *maŋ
硭 *maŋ
忘 *maŋ, *maŋs
网 *mlaŋʔ
罔 *mlaŋʔ
蛧 *maŋʔ
網 *mlaŋʔ
輞 *maŋʔ
棢 *maŋʔ
惘 *maŋʔ
菵 *maŋʔ
誷 *maŋʔ
魍 *maŋʔ
妄 *maŋs
盲 *mraːŋ
蝱 *mraːŋ
虻 *mraːŋ
氓 *mraːŋ
甿 *mraːŋ

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
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

  • 不敢妄言
  • 任性妄為／任性妄为
  • 僭妄
  • 塵妄／尘妄
  • 大膽妄為／大胆妄为
  • 妄下雌黃／妄下雌黄
  • 妄人
  • 妄作 (wàngzuò)
  • 妄動／妄动 (wàngdòng)
  • 妄圖／妄图 (wàngtú)
  • 妄念
  • 妄想 (wàngxiǎng)
  • 妄想症
  • 妄求 (wàngqiú)
  • 妄為／妄为 (wàngwéi)
  • 妄生穿鑿／妄生穿凿
  • 妄稱／妄称
  • 妄自尊大 (wàngzìzūndà)
  • 妄自菲薄
  • 妄言 (wàngyán)
  • 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
  • 妄說／妄说
  • 妖妄
  • 姑妄聽之／姑妄听之
  • 姑妄言之
  • 恣意妄為／恣意妄为
  • 恣意妄行
  • 愚妄 (yúwàng)
  • 無妄／无妄 (wúwàng)
  • 無妄之災／无妄之灾
  • 無妄之禍／无妄之祸
  • 無妄之福／无妄之福
  • 狂妄 (kuángwàng)
  • 狂妄自大
  • 痴心妄想
  • 目不妄視／目不妄视
  • 真妄
  • 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)
  • 言十妄九
  • 言狂意妄
  • 誕妄／诞妄
  • 謀虛逐妄／谋虚逐妄
  • 謬妄／谬妄
  • 譫妄／谵妄 (zhānwàng)
  • 貪心妄想／贪心妄想
  • 輕舉妄動／轻举妄动
  • 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

References

Korean

Hanja

妄 • (mang) (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune–Reischauer mang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

妄 (vọng, vòng)

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