(wáng) - to die, to be lost (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
wángTraditional: 亡
Translation
to die, to be lost (bound morpheme)
Word origin
An early ideographic character whose ancient form suggested a person hidden or concealed, from which came the senses of to flee, to be lost, and to die.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- ancient graph of a person concealed, giving to flee, to be lost, to die
Stroke order
亡
Examples
。
He died in the accident.
。
War causes many deaths.
疾。
This is a dangerous fatal disease.
祖。
His grandfather passed away long ago.
。
He died in that war.
亡 (wáng) means to die or to be lost. It is a literary bound morpheme and most often appears in 死亡 (sǐ wáng), death.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 亡.
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