氓
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(literary) common people
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,467 U+6C13
How 氓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
民 (semantic, “citizens”) + 亡 (phonetic, wáng)
How to remember it
hoodlum · Heisig RSH #2789
perish + 民 people
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 |
| 妄 | wàng | absurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckless, wild |
| 芒 | máng | blade; ray; silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis |
| 罔 | wǎng | none; to deceive; to slander |
| 邙 | máng | a mountain in Henan province |
| 肓 | huāng | abdominal cavity; the area between the heart and diaphragm |
| 虻 | méng | horsefly, gadfly |
Words containing 氓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流氓无产者 | liú máng wú chǎn zhě | lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory) |
| 流氓国家 | liú máng guó jiā | rogue state |
| 流氓集团 | liú máng jí tuán | gang of hoodlums |
| 流氓软件 | liú máng ruǎn jiàn | malware (computing) |
| 流氓罪 | liú máng zuì | the crime of hooliganism |
| 流氓 | liú máng | rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior |
| 愚氓 | yú méng | fool; stupid person |