The Chinese Radical: 亡


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Meaning
death, to die    亡

Explanation

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

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