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芒

máng

silvergrass

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

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

亡 sound component

亡  Sound component

wáng

  

death

Evolution

芒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
芒 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
芒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

芒  

máng

Miscanthus sinensis; awn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade); Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass); variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan

Most common words with 芒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

光芒

rays of light

芒果

mango (loanword)

芒

awn (of cereals)

锋芒

sharp point

锋芒毕露

to show off one's ability

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

鋩 铓

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

硭 鋩 铓

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m̥ˤaŋʔ

xwangX

huǎng

obscure, confused

*mˤaŋ

mang

máng

awn, beard of grain


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.3180% of movies

2373rd most common character in movies

2251st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+8292

Shuowen

“芒，艸耑。从艸，亾聲。”


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