懂中文 Dong Chinese

氓

máng, méng

people

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

Components
民 meaning component

民  Meaning component

mín

  

people

亡 sound component

亡  Sound component

wáng

  

death

Evolution

氓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
氓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
氓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

氓  

máng

people; subjects; vassals; see 流氓[liú​máng]

氓  

méng

common people

Most common words with 氓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

流氓

rogue

氓

rogue

流氓罪

the crime of hooliganism