茫

máng

m+áng·2nd tone

vast, with no clear boundary · fig. hazy

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 9

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄荒若

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Character Decomposition

茫=艹+汒

Etymology

grass

Meanings

vast, with no clear boundary

fig. hazy

indistinct

unclear

confused

máng

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Words with 茫 54 total

the dark ages before civilization · limitless reaches · vague and confused浑茫hún máng boundless · unlimited浩茫hào máng dim · obscure混茫hùn máng boundless · vast and obscure茫茫máng máng uncertain · remote · distant and indistinct · vague渺茫miǎo máng vast and indistinct · perplexed · bewildered · at a loss迷茫mí máng distant and out of sight杳茫yǎo máng

Idioms with 茫 12 total Chain

sea of bitterness is vast (idiom)苦海茫茫kǔ hǎi máng máng (of a person) not know where to begin · (of a thing) be confused like a tangle of flax茫无头绪máng wú tóu xù uncertain · unknown · fuzzy渺渺茫茫miǎo miǎo máng máng the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)暮色苍茫mù sè cāng máng

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