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U+5984, 妄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5984

[U+5983]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5985]
Stroke order
6 strokes

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜女女 (YVV), four-corner 00404, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6063
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1027, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5984

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms 𡚶
𡔞

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *maŋs) and ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : phonetic (OC *maŋ) + semantic (woman).

With also including meanings of “loss” or “destruction”, this character can be interpreted as the loss (亡) of one's proper reason after being seduced by a woman (女).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (106)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter mjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muaŋH/
Li
Rong
/miuaŋH/
Wang
Li
/mĭwaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/miwaŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mong6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*maŋ-s/
English reckless

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12684
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*maŋs/

Definitions

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  1. improper; unrighteous
  2. absurd; foolish
  3. reckless; wild; presumptuous
  4. insolent; arrogant
  5. wilfully; recklessly; presumptuously

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

  1. a lie
  2. carelessly

Readings

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  • Go-on: もう (, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: ぼう (, Jōyō)
  • Kun: みだりに (midarini, 妄りに)

Compounds

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Korean

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean Readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 허망할 (heomanghal mang))

  1. hanja form? of (absurd, foolish, reckless)
  2. hanja form? of (false)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: vọng, vòng

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