Hanja Analyzer
忙

忙 — mang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
바쁠 망
Romanization
mang
English
busy, pressed for time; hustling
Mandarin
máng
Japanese on'yomi
ボウ
Japanese kun'yomi
いそが.しい せわ.しい おそ.れる うれえるさま
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,475 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
心 (61, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
亡
Unicode
U+5FD9

Parts that make up 忙

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 亡 망할 망, 없을 무sound 칼날에 그은 금없어지고 달아나는 일. ‘망·맹’ 계열의 소리

How 忙 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 忙 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 亡.

Korean example words with 忙

  • 망중忙中 Korean gloss: 바쁜 가운데
  • 황망慌忙 Korean gloss: 마음이 몹시 급하여 당황하고 허둥지둥하는 면이 있음
  • 망망하다忙忙 Korean gloss: 매우 바쁘다
  • 분망하다奔忙 Korean gloss: 매우 바쁘다
  • 총망하다悤忙 Korean gloss: 매우 급하고 바쁘다
  • 총망중悤忙中 Korean gloss: 매우 급하고 바쁜 가운데
  • 다망多忙 Korean gloss: 매우 바쁨.
  • 망월忙月 Korean gloss: 농사일로 바쁜 달.
  • 공사다망公私多忙 Korean gloss: 공적ㆍ사적인 일 따위로 매우 바쁨
  • 한망閑忙 Korean gloss: 한가로움과 바쁨을 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 번망煩忙 Korean gloss: ‘번망하다’의 어근.
  • 망박하다忙迫 Korean gloss: 일에 몰리어 몹시 바쁘다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 忙

  • 忙しいいそがしい busy; occupied; hectic
  • 多忙たぼう being very busy; busyness
  • 忙殺ぼうさつ overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming
  • 繁忙はんぼう busy; high-stress; hectic
  • 忙中ぼうちゅう in the midst of busyness
  • 怱忙そうぼう (being) busy
  • 忙しげせわしげ looking busy; appearing busy; looking restless
  • 大忙しおおいそがし very busy
  • 繁忙期はんぼうき busy period; busy season
  • ご多忙中ごたぼうちゅう excuse me for interrupting you when you are so busy
  • 心忙しいこころぜわしい restless
  • 忙しないせわしない restless; fidgety; in a hurry

Characters sharing the phonetic 亡

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “망”

Other hanja with radical 心

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