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妄 = 亡 + 女

妄 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “delusion”. It is built from 亡 (deceased) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 526.

Keyword
delusion
RTK frame
526
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
モウ, ボウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みだ.りに
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бред
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
妄 absurd

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亡 deceased
  2. 女 woman

How to find 妄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “deceased” + “woman”. 妄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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