The Chinese Radical: 亡


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Meaning
death, to die    亡

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
busy, hurriedly
máng
Left: feeling (var. of heart ), right: dead (a coffin seen from the end)
Feelings died (Cardiac death?) caused by being too busy.
JLPT HSK 2
to expect, to hope, to visit, to gaze (into the distance)
wàng
Top: death (coffin in cross-section), body /, bottom: king
The dead body of the king goes with our expectations.
JLPT HSK 3
to forget, to overlook, to neglect
wàng
Top: dead (coffin in cross-section), bottom: heart
A dead heart is forgot.
JLPT HSK 4
to win, gain, to beat, to profit
yíng
From top: (coffin in cross-section), mouth: , body , money , usually [A table 机/ with a scratch is common.]
If your coffin is as small as a mouth and your body pays money for it, then (the seller) usually makes: a profit.
JLPT HSK 6
uncertain, vast, without clear boundary, hazy
máng
Top: grass , bottom: 汒 (water , dead [coffin in cross section])
Either the grass (smoking) or the water will let us die, which is uncertain.
JLPT HSK 6
to die, deceased, to lose, to flee
wáng
(Originally: left:. corner , in this corner character for "person" , which changed to "lid" )
Coffin seen in a cross-sectional view as symbol for dying.
JLPT HSK 6
blind
máng
Top: death (coffin in cross section), below: eye
A dead eye is blind.
JLPT HSK 6
absurd, fantastic, presumptuous, rash
wàng
Top: death (coffin in cross-section), below: woman
The death of his woman, he considered to be: absurd.
JLPT HSK 6
uncultivated, desolate, shortage, scarce
huāng
Top: plant , below: 巟 (dead (coffin in cross-section), river
The plants die and because of the river it becomes uncultivated.
JLPT HSK 6
club-awn (=grey hair grass), tip (of a blade)
máng
Top: plant/grass , below: death
The plant for (wrapping) the dead, was the club-awn.
JLPT HSK 6
ruffian, gangster, rogue, hooligan, vagrant
máng, méng
Left: to die (coffin in cross-section), right: people, nation (several times 'family' behind each others as multiplier for the people.)
It could be the death of our people having these ruffians.
JLPT no HSK
disconcerted, discouraged, dejected, disappointed
wǎng
Left: feelings , right: net for dead-capture 罔 (net , with a trawl 罒 and two trawl lines , inside: to die [= coffin in cross-section])
When my feelings are caught in a net until they die, I am disconcerted.

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