茫
茫 — mang
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 아득할 망
- Romanization
- mang
- English
- vast, boundless, widespread
- Mandarin
- máng
- Japanese on'yomi
- ボウ, モウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- とお.い
- Japanese usage
- Not on either list
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艸 (140, 6 residual)
- Unicode
- U+832B
How 茫 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 茫 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 汒.
Korean example words with 茫
- 망막하다茫漠 Korean gloss: 넓고 멀다
- 망망하다茫茫 Korean gloss: 넓고 멀다
- 광망하다曠茫 Korean gloss: 아주 넓고 아득하다
- 창망히滄茫 Korean gloss: 넓고 멀어서 아득하게
- 왕망하다汪茫 Korean gloss: 미루어 헤아리기 어렵다
- 묘망하다渺茫 Korean gloss: 넓고 멀어서 바라보기에 아득하다
- 망창하다茫蒼 Korean gloss: 갑자기 큰일을 당하여 앞이 아득하다
- 망양하다茫洋 Korean gloss: 한없이 넓고 멀어서 갈피를 잡을 수 없다
- 망매하다茫昧 Korean gloss: 경험 따위가 적어 세상 물정에 아주 어둡다
- 망망대해茫茫大海 Korean gloss: 한없이 크고 넓은 바다
- 망연자실하다茫然自失 Korean gloss: 멍하니 정신을 잃다
- 망연茫然 Korean gloss: ‘망연하다’의 어근.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 茫
- 茫ぼう extensive; open; vast
- 蒼茫そうぼう vast and blue (e.g. ocean); dusky; shadowy
- 茫洋ぼうよう vast; limitless; boundless
- 茫漠ぼうばく vast; boundless; vague
- 茫々ぼうぼう vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; extensive
- 渺茫びょうぼう vast; boundless
- 瀰茫びぼう endless river; boundless water
- 茫然ぼうぜん vague
- 茫とぼうと in a daze; absent-mindedly; vacantly
- 茫然自失ぼうぜんじしつ stupor; stupefaction; trance
- 往事渺茫おうじびょうぼう memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant
- 往事茫々おうじぼうぼう memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant
Other hanja read “망”
Other hanja with radical 艸
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