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Translingual
Han character
茫 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿水卜女 (TEYV), four-corner 44110, composition ⿱艹汒)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1028, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30900
- Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3210, character 8
- Unihan data for U+832B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 忙
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*maːŋ
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| 芒
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*maːŋ, *maŋ
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| 茫
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*maːŋ
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| 恾
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*maːŋ
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| 吂
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*maːŋ, *maːŋs
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| 汒
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*maːŋ, *maŋs
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| 朚
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*maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
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| 邙
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*maːŋ, *maŋ
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| 杗
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*maːŋ, *maŋ
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| 荒
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*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs
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| 肓
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*hmaːŋ
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| 衁
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*hmaːŋ
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| 巟
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*hmaːŋ
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| 詤
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*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
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| 慌
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*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ
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| 謊
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*hmaːŋʔ
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| 喪
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*smaːŋs, *smaːŋ
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| 亡
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*maŋ
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| 望
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*maŋ, *maŋs
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| 莣
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*maŋ
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| 朢
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*maŋ, *maŋs
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| 鋩
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*maŋ
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| 硭
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*maŋ
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| 忘
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*maŋ, *maŋs
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| 网
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*mlaŋʔ
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| 罔
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*mlaŋʔ
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| 蛧
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*maŋʔ
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| 網
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*mlaŋʔ
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| 輞
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*maŋʔ
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| 棢
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*maŋʔ
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| 惘
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*maŋʔ
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| 菵
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*maŋʔ
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| 誷
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*maŋʔ
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| 魍
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*maŋʔ
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| 妄
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*maŋs
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| 盲
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*mraːŋ
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| 蝱
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*mraːŋ
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| 虻
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*mraːŋ
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| 氓
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*mraːŋ
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| 甿
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*mraːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːŋ) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 汒 (OC *maːŋ, *maŋs).
Pronunciation
Note:
- bông - literary;
- bâng - vernacular.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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茫
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12641
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Phonetic
component
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亡
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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茫
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Old
Chinese
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/*maːŋ/
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| Notes
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見漢書
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Definitions
茫
- vast; boundless; widespread
- indistinct; vague
- † Alternative form of 忙 (máng)
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “茫”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 151.
Japanese
Kanji
茫
(Hyōgai kanji)
- wide, expansive
Readings
Korean
Hanja
茫 (eumhun 아득할 망 (adeukhal mang))
- hanja form? of 망 (“vast, boundless, widespread”)
Vietnamese
Han character
茫: Hán Nôm readings: mương, mang
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