茫 — Chinese character
茫
máng
vague, boundless; vast, widespread
- Pinyin
- máng
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 汒
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 汒
- Japanese
- 茫 as a kanji
Common words with 茫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迷茫 | mí máng | vast and indistinct; perplexed |
| 茫茫 | máng máng | boundless; vast and obscure |
| 渺茫 | miǎo máng | uncertain; remote |
| 茫然 | máng rán | blankly; vacantly |
| 苍茫 (蒼茫) | cāng máng | boundless; vast |
| 白茫茫 | bái máng máng | (of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness |
| 一脸茫然 (一臉茫然) | yī liǎn máng rán | puzzled; bewildered |
| 雾茫茫 (霧茫茫) | wù máng máng | foggy |
| 前途渺茫 | qián tú miǎo máng | not knowing what to do next; at a loose end |
| 茫然失措 | máng rán shī cuò | at a loss (idiom) |
| 微茫 | wēi máng | hazy; blurred |
| 暮色苍茫 (暮色蒼茫) | mù sè cāng máng | the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom) |
English words written with 茫
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.