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罔
罔
Translingual
Han character
罔 (radical 122 网+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月廿卜女 (BTYV), four-corner 77220, composition ⿵冂⿱䒑亡)
Derived terms
References
- KangXi: page 946, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28211
- Dae Jaweon: page 1387, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2914, character 2
- Unihan data for U+7F54
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
罔 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ
- Wade-Giles: wang3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woang
- IPA (key): /u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mong5
- Yale: móhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: mong5
- IPA (key): /mɔːŋ¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóng
- Tâi-lô: bóng
- Phofsit Daibuun: borng
- IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 罔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 文兩切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mʉɐŋX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mʷiɐŋX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/miuɑŋX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/muaŋX/ |
| Li Rong |
/miuaŋX/ |
| Wang Li |
/mĭwaŋX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/miwaŋX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wǎng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 罔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wǎng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ mjangX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*maŋʔ/ (or *C.maŋʔ ?) |
| English | net |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 罔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12674 |
| Phonetic component |
亡 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
网 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mlaŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 亦同網 |
Verb
罔
Synonyms
- (to falsely accuse): 冤枉 (yuānwǎng)
Japanese
Kanji
罔
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
罔 • (mang) (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune-Reischauer mang, Yale mang)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 罔
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|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle bone script | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| 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 *mlaŋʔ) : semantic 网 + phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ).