懂中文 Dong Chinese

妄

wàng

absurd

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 亡 represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

女  Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

  

woman

亡 sound component

亡  Sound component

wáng

  

death

Evolution

妄 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
妄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
妄 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
妄 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
妄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

妄  

wàng

absurd, foolish, reckless; false; absurd; fantastic; presumptuous; rash

Most common words with 妄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

妄想

delusion

妄

absurd

妄图

to try in vain

狂妄

egotistical

轻举妄动

to act blindly without thinking (idiom)