妄

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absurd; fantastic; presumptuous; rash

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

女 meaning “woman” + 亡 sound ( wáng )

Components 亡女

absurd · Heisig RSH #492

女 woman + perish

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
狂妄自大	kuáng wàng zì dà	arrogant and conceited
胆大妄为	dǎn dà wàng wéi	daring; presumptuous; daredevil
妄自尊大	wàng zì zūn dà	ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance
轻举妄动	qīng jǔ wàng dòng	to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
姑妄言之	gū wàng yán zhī	to just talk for the sake of talking
妄想症	wàng xiǎng zhèng	delusional disorder; (fig.) paranoia
妄人	wàng rén	presumptuous and ignorant person
妄动	wàng dòng	to rush indiscriminately into action
妄语	wàng yǔ	to tell lies; to talk nonsense; lies; nonsense
妄自菲薄	wàng zì fěi bó	to be unduly humble (idiom); to undervalue oneself
妄言	wàng yán	lies; wild talk; to tell lies; to talk nonsense; fantasy (literature)
妄为	wàng wéi	to take rash action
妄说	wàng shuō	to talk irresponsibly; ridiculous presumption talk
妄下雌黄	wàng xià cí huáng	to alter a text indiscriminately (idiom); to make irresponsible criticism
妄图	wàng tú	to try in vain; futile attempt
痴心妄想	chī xīn wàng xiǎng	to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion; wishful t…
妄言妄听	wàng yán wàng tīng	unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously
妄想狂	wàng xiǎng kuáng	paranoia; megalomaniac
妄断	wàng duàn	to jump to an unfounded conclusion
妄取	wàng qǔ	to take sth without permission

Characters sharing the sound component 亡 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亡 sound part	wáng	death, destruction; to lose; to perish
忘	wàng	to forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook
芒	máng	blade; ray; silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis
罔	wǎng	none; to deceive; to slander
氓	méng	people, subjects, vassals
邙	máng	a mountain in Henan province
肓	huāng	abdominal cavity; the area between the heart and diaphragm
虻	méng	horsefly, gadfly