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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

妄: delusion, unnecessarily

Also: without authority, reckless

JLPT N16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

女 carries the meaning · 亡 gives the sound

6 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

モウmou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 妄想もうそうdelusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy
  • 妄信もうしんblind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
  • 虚妄きょもうfalsehood; untruth; lie

Also read ボウ, みだりに, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
More in the 女 woman story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亡

Also built on deceased (亡)

妄 takes the 亡 family's reading, ボウ (bou).

女

Also built on woman (女)

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Also read モウ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ボウ

31 kanji share this on'yomiAll 31

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
妄 delusion · 亡
vs妨 disturb · 方
妄 has 亡 where 妨 has 方.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wàng

Same form: 妄 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
妄 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
妄 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin wàng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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