亡
to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,119 U+4EA1
How 亡 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man 人 in a coffin; see 亾
components: 亠
? unknown part
How to remember it
deceased · Heisig RSH #490
top hat + hook — as a component also called: deceased, perish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 亡 as their sound component
These characters all use 亡 (wáng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亡 sound component | wáng | death, destruction; to lose; to perish |
| 忘 | wàng | to forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook |
| 妄 | wàng | absurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckless, wild |
| 芒 | máng | blade; ray; silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis |
| 罔 | wǎng | none; to deceive; to slander |
| 氓 | méng | people, subjects, vassals |
| 邙 | máng | a mountain in Henan province |
| 肓 | huāng | abdominal cavity; the area between the heart and diaphragm |
| 虻 | méng | horsefly, gadfly |
Words containing 亡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人为财死，鸟为食亡 | rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng | lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom); fig. man will … |
| 死亡人数 | sǐ wáng rén shù | number of people killed; death toll |
| 有名亡实 | yǒu míng wáng shí | lit. has a name but no reality (idiom); exists only in name; nominal |
| 家破人亡 | jiā pò rén wáng | family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless |
| 国破家亡 | guó pò jiā wáng | the country ruined and the people starving (idiom) |
| 大脑死亡 | dà nǎo sǐ wáng | brain death |
| 生死存亡 | shēng sǐ cún wáng | matter of life and death |
| 精尽人亡 | jīng jìn rén wáng | to die from excessive ejaculation |
| 死亡笔记 | sǐ wáng bǐ jì | Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大… |
| 名存实亡 | míng cún shí wáng | the name remains, but the reality is gone (idiom) |
| 抗日救亡运动 | Kàng Rì Jiù wáng Yùn dòng | the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian railway in… |
| 国家兴亡，匹夫有责 | guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé | The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility f… |
| 天下兴亡，匹夫有责 | tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé | The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility f… |
| 脑死亡 | nǎo sǐ wáng | brain death |
| 亡国 | wáng guó | (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated; a fallen nation |
| 若有所亡 | ruò yǒu suǒ wáng | see 若有所失[ruo4 you3 suo3 shi1] |
| 出亡 | chū wáng | to go into exile |
| 未亡人 | wèi wáng rén | widow (humble self-reference in former times) |
| 死亡率 | sǐ wáng lǜ | mortality rate |
| 流亡政府 | liú wáng zhèng fǔ | government-in-exile |