Depicts the tip of a knife blade (刀). Similar in origin to 方. Based on the original meaning "tip of a blade", now written as 芒. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Evolution
亡
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
亡
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
亡
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
亡
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
亡
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
亡
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
亡
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
亡
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
亡
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
亡
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
亡
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
亡
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
亡 [wáng]
to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
Japanese
- death (usu. after dates)
- the late; the deceased (usu. before names)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
亡 すえひろ
Suehiro unclassified name
亡 すえまる
Suemaru unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (106)
死亡 [sǐwáng] #735
to die
伤亡 [shāngwáng] #5,370
casualties
伤亡 [shāngwáng] #5,370
casualties
身亡 [shēnwáng] #6,962
to die
逃亡 [táowáng] #6,920
to flee
死亡率 [sǐwánglǜ] #18,235
mortality rate
灭亡 [mièwáng] #7,854
to be destroyed
灭亡 [mièwáng] #7,854
to be destroyed
阵亡 [zhènwáng] #13,584
to die in battle
阵亡 [zhènwáng] #13,584
to die in battle
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JAPANESE WORDS (124)
⭐ 失う [うしなう] #383
to lose
⭐ 亡くなる [なくなる] #1,281
to die
⭐ 滅ぼす [ほろぼす] #4,097
to destroy
⭐ 死亡 [しぼう] #4,240
death
⭐ 滅びる [ほろびる] #4,883
to go to ruin
⭐ 逃亡 [とうぼう] #6,443
escape
⭐ 亡くす [なくす] #6,524
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
滅ぶ [ほろぶ] #8,777
to go to ruin
⭐ 亡霊 [ぼうれい] #9,505
departed spirit
⭐ 滅亡 [めつぼう] #9,924
downfall
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KOREAN WORDS (15)
사망 #2,720
death; passing away; being killed
도망 #4,385
escape
도망자 #14,643
runaway
망명자 #27,573
refugee; exile; fugitive; defector
사망자 #27,918
the dead; casualty; victim
망국
ruined country
망명
asylum; exile; flight from one's own country
망자
dead; deceased
멸망
collapse; destruction; downfall
미망인
widow
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