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妄

妄 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

delusion, unnecessarily, without authority, reckless

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • モウJHS
  • ボウHS
Kun (native)
  • みだ(りに)
Other languages
  • 拼音wang4
  • 한글mang
  • Hán-ViệtVọng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5984

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱亡女

Words using this kanji

  • 妄想もうそうとりとめもなく思い浮かぶ現実離れした空想。またそのような空想にふけること。 みだらな考え。 精神疾患や脳疾患、薬物服用などが原因で、根拠のない判断に基づいて作り上げられ、他者からの訂正に対しても容易にくつがえることのない主観的な信念。delusion, wild idea, (wild) fancy, (ridiculous) fantasy
  • 妄挙ぼうきょ分別のない振る舞いや行動。unreasonable actions, lack of discrimination
  • 妄執もうしゅう迷いの世界への執着。deep-rooted delusion, firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
  • 妄念もうねんあれこれ迷う心。 心の中にある誤った思い。conviction based on flawed ideas, obstructive thought
  • 妄用ぼうようみだりに使用すること。misuse, abuse
  • 妄説ぼうせつfallacy, false report
  • 妄動もうどう理非をわきまえずにむやみに行動すること。rash act, reckless act
  • 妄評ぼうひょうunfair criticism, abusive remarks
  • 妄語もうごありもしないことを言うこと。 五悪・十悪の一つ。こと。falsehood (as one of the five sins in Buddhism), lie
  • 妄断もうだんこれといった根拠もなく判断すること。間違った判断をすること。reckless decision, rash decision
  • 妄心もうしん迷いの心。deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things)
  • 妄言もうげん根拠のない、でたらめなことば。つくりばなし。reckless remark, rash remark, thoughtless words, falsehood
  • 妄りにみだりにwithout authority, without reason, unnecessarily, recklessly
  • 妄想症もうそうしょうparanoia
  • 妄語戒もうごかいprecept forbidding one to speak untruthfully, precept of satya
  • 妄想癖もうそうへき(having an) overactive imagination, tendency to get lost in one's imagination
  • 妄想病もうそうびょうdelusional disorder
  • 妄想的もうそうてきdelusional, chimerical
  • 妄想狂もうそうきょうparanoia
  • 妄言多謝もうげんたしゃkindly excuse my reckless remarks, please excuse my thoughtless words

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-4
Four Corner
0040.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j4.6
Heisig
526
Nelson
288