妄 — Chinese character
妄
wàng
absurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckless, wild
- Pinyin
- wàng
- Radical
- 38 ⼥ (Woman)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 亡 女
- Formation
- pictophonetic — woman; meaning component 女; sound component 亡
- Japanese
- 妄 as a kanji
Common words with 妄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妄想 | wàng xiǎng | to attempt vainly; a vain attempt |
| 妄图 (妄圖) | wàng tú | to try in vain; futile attempt |
| 狂妄 | kuáng wàng | egotistical; arrogant |
| 轻举妄动 (輕舉妄動) | qīng jǔ wàng dòng | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) |
| 妄想症 | wàng xiǎng zhèng | delusional disorder; (fig.) paranoia |
| 虚妄 (虛妄) | xū wàng | fabricated |
| 妄动 (妄動) | wàng dòng | to rush indiscriminately into action |
| 妄为 (妄為) | wàng wéi | to take rash action |
| 狂妄自大 | kuáng wàng zì dà | arrogant and conceited |
| 妄言 | wàng yán | lies; wild talk |
| 痴心妄想 | chī xīn wàng xiǎng | to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion |
| 妄自尊大 | wàng zì zūn dà | ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance |
English words written with 妄
妄 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · I Ching 4 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 11
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 16
- Hexagram 25
- Mencius 4B.28
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
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