亡

wáng

wángspelled as uang · 2nd tone — spelling rules

to die · to lose

Radical: 亠 Strokes: 3

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Common

Same radical

交亲产京亭亮享亨亢亵亩亥

Same radical

交亲产京亭亮享亨亢亵亩亥亦亶亳

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Character Decomposition

Etymology

A man 人 in a coffin; see 亾

Meanings

to die

to lose

to be gone

to flee

deceased

wáng

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Words with 亡 303 total

to go into exile出亡chū wáng fall (of an empire)覆亡fù wáng (of a country) to perish · to be annexed · subjugation (to a foreign power)沦亡lún wáng to die out · conquered破亡pò wáng to decline · to die out · decline and fall衰亡shuāi wáng to die丧亡sàng wáng to die · death死亡sǐ wáng casualties · injuries and deaths伤亡shāng wáng to flee; to go into exile逃亡táo wáng dispersed and lost散亡sàn wáng at stake · in peril危亡wēi wáng to die out · to wither away消亡xiāo wáng

Idioms with 亡 96 total Chain

lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent唇亡齿寒chún wáng chǐ hán be at stake · survive of perish, preserve or destroy · at a most critical moment · be upon death存亡绝续cún wáng jué xù

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