wǎng

disconcerted

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

罔 sound component

  Sound component

wǎng

  

net

Evolution

惘 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

wǎng

disconcerted, dejected, discouraged; disappointed; perplexed

Most common words with 惘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

迷惘

perplexed

惘然

frustrated

怅惘

distracted

perplexed

惘然若失

perplexed

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*maŋʔ

mjangX

wǎng

dejected


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3425th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+60D8


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