莽
(bound form) dense growth of grass; (literary) vast; boundless; (bound form) boorish; reckless
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How 莽 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A dog 犬 surrounded by weeds 艹, 廾
How to remember it
rude · Heisig RSH #1871
flower + chihuahua + two hands
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 莽 as their sound component
These characters all use 莽 (mǎng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莽 sound component | mǎng | thicket, underbrush; rude, impertinent |
| 蟒 | mǎng | python, boa constrictor |
| 漭 | mǎng | vast, expansive |
Words containing 莽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 草莽 | cǎo mǎng | a rank growth of grass; uncultivated land; wilderness |
| 莽草 | mǎng cǎo | Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves) |
| 王莽 | Wáng Mǎng | Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han |
| 莽汉 | mǎng hàn | boor |
| 鲁莽 | lǔ mǎng | hot-headed; impulsive; reckless |
| 浪莽 | làng mǎng | vast |
| 粗莽 | cū mǎng | brusque; rough; boorish; crude |
| 苍莽 | cāng mǎng | boundless |
| 莽撞 | mǎng zhuàng | rash; reckless |
| 卤莽 | lǔ mǎng | variant of 魯莽|鲁莽[lu3 mang3] |
| 榛莽 | zhēn mǎng | (literary) luxuriant vegetation |