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妄 (Kangxi radical 38,女+3, 6 strokes,cangjie input卜女女 (YVV),four-corner00404,composition⿱亡女)
| trad. | 妄 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 妄 | |
| alternative forms | 𡚶 𡔞 | |
| Historical forms of the character妄 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 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 /形声,OC*maŋs): phonetic 亡(OC*maŋ) + semantic 女(“woman”).
| 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 |
| Baxter | mjangH |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mʉɐŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷiɐŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuɑŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muaŋH/ |
| Li Rong | /miuaŋH/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭwaŋH/ |
| Bernhard 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; | |
| 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/ |
妄
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean Readings, if any”)
妄 (eumhun허망할망(heomanghal mang))
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