罔
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to deceive; there is none; old variant of 網|网[wang3]
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 网 +3
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 罔
- Common rank
- #3,356
- Unicode
- U+7F54
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 罔
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆 | To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius) | |
| 置若罔闻 | to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear | |
| 欺君罔上 | to dupe one's sovereign | |
| 世袭罔替 | (of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family | |
| 罔两 | variant of 魍魎|魍魉[wang3 liang3] | |
| 罔顾 | to ignore; to disregard | |
| 榆罔 | Yuwang (c. 2000 BC), last of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4], defeated by the Ye… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 亡 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亡 sound part | death, destruction; to lose; to perish | |
| 忘 | to forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook | |
| 妄 | absurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckless, wild | |
| 芒 | blade; ray; silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis | |
| 氓 | people, subjects, vassals | |
| 邙 | a mountain in Henan province | |
| 肓 | abdominal cavity; the area between the heart and diaphragm | |
| 虻 | horsefly, gadfly |