茫

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vast, with no clear boundary; fig. hazy; indistinct; unclear; confused

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “grass” + 汒 sound

Components 艹汒

boundless · Heisig RSH #1727

芒 mango + 水 water

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一脸茫然	yī liǎn máng rán	puzzled; bewildered
夜色苍茫	yè sè cāng máng	gathering dusk
茫然失措	máng rán shī cuò	at a loss (idiom)
茫然	máng rán	blankly; vacantly; at a loss
苦海茫茫	kǔ hǎi máng máng	sea of bitterness is vast (idiom)
微茫	wēi máng	hazy; blurred
茫崖市	Máng yá Shì	Mangnai, a county-level city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[…
白茫茫	bái máng máng	(of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness
暮色苍茫	mù sè cāng máng	the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
迷茫	mí máng	vast and indistinct; perplexed; bewildered; at a loss
混茫	hùn máng	dim; obscure
前途渺茫	qián tú miǎo máng	not knowing what to do next; at a loose end
苍茫	cāng máng	boundless; vast; hazy (distant horizon)
喝茫	hē máng	(slang) to get drunk (Tw)
浑茫	hún máng	the dark ages before civilization; limitless reaches; vague and confused
雾茫茫	wù máng máng	foggy
浩茫	hào máng	boundless; unlimited
茫崖	Máng yá	see 茫崖市[Mang2 ya2 Shi4]
茫茫	máng máng	boundless; vast and obscure
渺茫	miǎo máng	uncertain; remote; distant and indistinct; vague