亡 — Chinese character
亡
wáng
death, destruction; to lose; to perish
- Pinyin
- wáng
- Radical
- 8 ⼇ (Lid)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 亠
- Formation
- ideographic — A man 人 in a coffin; see 亾
- Japanese
- 亡 as a kanji
Common words with 亡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die; death |
| 伤亡 (傷亡) | shāng wáng | casualties; injuries and deaths |
| 身亡 | shēn wáng | to die |
| 灭亡 (滅亡) | miè wáng | to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate |
| 流亡 | liú wáng | to go into exile; to be in exile |
| 逃亡 | táo wáng | to flee; to go into exile |
| 死亡率 | sǐ wáng lǜ | mortality rate |
| 阵亡 (陣亡) | zhèn wáng | to die in battle |
| 消亡 | xiāo wáng | to die out; to wither away |
| 亡灵 (亡靈) | wáng líng | spirit of the dead; departed soul |
| 亡国 (亡國) | wáng guó | (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated; a fallen nation |
| 存亡 | cún wáng | to live or die; to exist or perish |
English words written with 亡
亡 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 4 · Analects 11 · Art of War 7 · I Ching 25 · Mencius 31 · Zhuangzi 45 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 33
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 41
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 44
- Analects 3.5
- Analects 6.2
- Analects 6.8
- Analects 7.25
- Analects 11.6
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