罔
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to deceive; there is none; old variant of 網|网[wang3]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,356 U+7F54
How 罔 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺳ (semantic, “net”) + 亡 (phonetic, wáng)
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 |
| 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 罔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆 | xué ér bù sī zé wǎng , sī ér bù xué zé dài | To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius) |
| 置若罔闻 | zhì ruò wǎng wén | to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear |
| 欺君罔上 | qī jūn wǎng shàng | to dupe one's sovereign |
| 世袭罔替 | shì xí wǎng tì | (of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family |
| 罔两 | wǎng liǎng | variant of 魍魎|魍魉[wang3 liang3] |
| 罔顾 | wǎng gù | to ignore; to disregard |
| 榆罔 | Yú wǎng | Yuwang (c. 2000 BC), last of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4], defeated by the Ye… |