芒
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awn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade); Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass); variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan
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How 芒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 亡 (phonetic, wáng)
How to remember it
mango · Heisig RSH #1724
flower + 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 |
| 妄 | wàng | absurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckless, wild |
| 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 芒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 针尖儿对麦芒儿 | zhēn jiān r duì mài máng r | see 針尖對麥芒|针尖对麦芒[zhen1 jian1 dui4 mai4 mang2] |
| 佛兰芒语 | Fó lán máng yǔ | Flemish (language) |
| 五芒星 | wǔ máng xīng | five-pointed star; pentagram |
| 针尖对麦芒 | zhēn jiān duì mài máng | sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom) |
| 芒刺在背 | máng cì zài bèi | feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom); uneasy and nervous; to be on pins and n… |
| 芒康县 | Máng kāng Xiàn | Markam, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市[Chang1 du1 Shi4], Tibet |
| 六芒星 | liù máng xīng | six-pointed star; hexagram |
| 光芒万丈 | guāng máng wàn zhàng | (idiom) boundless radiance; splendor |
| 万丈光芒 | wàn zhàng guāng máng | see 光芒萬丈|光芒万丈[guang1 mang2 wan4 zhang4] |
| 阿芒拿 | ā máng ná | (chemistry) (loanword) ammonal |
| 芒市 | Máng Shì | Mangshi, a county-level city in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣… |
| 光芒 | guāng máng | rays of light; brilliant rays; radiance |
| 弗拉芒 | Fú lā máng | Flemish, inhabitant of Flanders (Belgium) |
| 芒草 | máng cǎo | Miscanthus (genus of grass) |
| 初露锋芒 | chū lù fēng máng | first sign of budding talent; to display one's ability for the first time |
| 芒果 | máng guǒ | (loanword) mango |
| 芒种 | Máng zhòng | Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th June |
| 芒果汁 | máng guǒ zhī | mango juice |
| 锋芒毕露 | fēng máng bì lù | to show off one's ability |
| 芒康 | Máng kāng | see 芒康縣|芒康县[Mang2 kang1 Xian4] |