妄
absurd; fantastic; presumptuous; rash
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,957 U+5984
How 妄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 亡 (phonetic, wáng)
How to remember it
absurd · Heisig RSH #492
女 woman + perish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亡
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亡 (wáng) — 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 |
| 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 妄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狂妄自大 | kuáng wàng zì dà | arrogant and conceited |
| 胆大妄为 | dǎn dà wàng wéi | daring; presumptuous; daredevil |
| 妄自尊大 | wàng zì zūn dà | ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance |
| 轻举妄动 | qīng jǔ wàng dòng | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) |
| 姑妄言之 | gū wàng yán zhī | to just talk for the sake of talking |
| 妄想症 | wàng xiǎng zhèng | delusional disorder; (fig.) paranoia |
| 妄人 | wàng rén | presumptuous and ignorant person |
| 妄动 | wàng dòng | to rush indiscriminately into action |
| 妄语 | wàng yǔ | to tell lies; to talk nonsense; lies; nonsense |
| 妄自菲薄 | wàng zì fěi bó | to be unduly humble (idiom); to undervalue oneself |
| 妄言 | wàng yán | lies; wild talk; to tell lies; to talk nonsense; fantasy (literature) |
| 妄为 | wàng wéi | to take rash action |
| 妄说 | wàng shuō | to talk irresponsibly; ridiculous presumption talk |
| 妄下雌黄 | wàng xià cí huáng | to alter a text indiscriminately (idiom); to make irresponsible criticism |
| 妄图 | wàng tú | to try in vain; futile attempt |
| 痴心妄想 | chī xīn wàng xiǎng | to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion; wishful t… |
| 妄言妄听 | wàng yán wàng tīng | unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously |
| 妄想狂 | wàng xiǎng kuáng | paranoia; megalomaniac |
| 妄断 | wàng duàn | to jump to an unfounded conclusion |
| 妄取 | wàng qǔ | to take sth without permission |