忙
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Translingual
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Han character
忙 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心卜女 (PYV), four-corner 90010, composition ⿰忄亡)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 377, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10334
- Dae Jaweon: page 703, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2272, character 16
- Unihan data for U+5FD9
Chinese
| trad. | 忙 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 忙 | |
| alternative forms | 芒 茫 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
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| 忙 | *maːŋ |
| 芒 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 茫 | *maːŋ |
| 恾 | *maːŋ |
| 吂 | *maːŋ, *maːŋs |
| 汒 | *maːŋ, *maŋs |
| 朚 | *maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs |
| 邙 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 杗 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 荒 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs |
| 肓 | *hmaːŋ |
| 衁 | *hmaːŋ |
| 巟 | *hmaːŋ |
| 詤 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ |
| 慌 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ |
| 謊 | *hmaːŋʔ |
| 喪 | *smaːŋs, *smaːŋ |
| 亡 | *maŋ |
| 望 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 莣 | *maŋ |
| 朢 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 鋩 | *maŋ |
| 硭 | *maŋ |
| 忘 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 网 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 罔 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 蛧 | *maŋʔ |
| 網 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 輞 | *maŋʔ |
| 棢 | *maŋʔ |
| 惘 | *maŋʔ |
| 菵 | *maŋʔ |
| 誷 | *maŋʔ |
| 魍 | *maŋʔ |
| 妄 | *maŋs |
| 盲 | *mraːŋ |
| 蝱 | *mraːŋ |
| 虻 | *mraːŋ |
| 氓 | *mraːŋ |
| 甿 | *mraːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːŋ) : semantic 忄 + phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
忙
- busy; bustling
- to be busy (with something)
- hurried; rushed; flustered
- to hurry; to rush
- favor (when used as a component of the separable verb 幫忙)
- a surname
Synonyms
- (busy):
- (to be busy with something): 忙碌 (mánglù)
Antonyms
Compounds
- 不忙不暴
- 不慌不忙
- 不用忙
- 不荒不忙
- 不著忙
- 不要忙
- 促忙 (cùmáng)
- 促忙促急
- 倉忙／仓忙 (cāngmáng)
- 公忙
- 冗忙 (rǒngmáng)
- 匆匆忙忙 (cōngcōngmángmáng)
- 匆忙 (cōngmáng)
- 大力幫忙／大力帮忙
- 大忙人 (dàmángrén)
- 奔忙 (bēnmáng)
- 幫倒忙／帮倒忙 (bāng dào máng)
- 幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
- 心忙意急
- 忙上加忙
- 忙不擇價／忙不择价
- 忙不迭地
- 忙不迭的
- 忙不過來／忙不过来
- 忙中有錯／忙中有错
- 忙亂／忙乱 (mángluàn)
- 忙了手腳／忙了手脚
- 忙作一團／忙作一团
- 忙併／忙并
- 忙劫
- 忙劫劫
- 忙哈哈
- 忙工
- 忙忙 (mángmáng)
- 忙忙劫劫
- 忙忙叨叨
- 忙忙急急
- 忙忙碌碌
- 忙惚兒／忙惚儿
- 忙手忙腳／忙手忙脚
- 忙投急趁
- 忙月
- 忙活
- 忙熱／忙热
- 忙碌 (mánglù)
- 忙裡偷閒／忙里偷闲
- 忙迫
- 忙逼
- 急忙 (jímáng)
- 急急忙忙
- 意急心忙
- 慌忙 (huāngmáng)
- 慌忙無措／慌忙无措 (huāngmáng wúcuò)
- 慌慌忙忙
- 慌手忙腳／慌手忙脚
- 手忙腳亂／手忙脚乱 (shǒumángjiǎoluàn)
- 手慌腳忙／手慌脚忙
- 擺忙／摆忙
- 春忙
- 會家不忙／会家不忙
- 添忙
- 無事忙／无事忙
- 煩忙／烦忙 (fánmáng)
- 疾忙 (jímáng)
- 白忙
- 百忙中
- 百般忙亂／百般忙乱
- 瞎忙 (xiāmáng)
- 窮忙／穷忙 (qióngmáng)
- 繁忙 (fánmáng)
- 胡擄忙亂／胡掳忙乱
- 腳忙手亂／脚忙手乱
- 荒忙
- 著忙 (zháománg)
- 趕忙／赶忙 (gǎnmáng)
- 農忙／农忙 (nóngmáng)
- 連忙／连忙 (liánmáng)
- 鬧忙／闹忙
Japanese
Kanji
忙
- busy
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
忙 (eumhun 바쁠 망 (bappeul mang))