The kanji 亡: meaning, readings and stroke order
亡
- Meaning
- die, be gone
- On reading
- ボウ bou、モウ* mou
- Kun reading
- な(い) nai
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 亠 lid
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mất, chết (vong)
- Japanese
- しぬ。なくなる。
- Korean
- 죽다, 없어지다 (망)
- Chinese
- 死亡、去世
Readings, words and example sentences
ボウ bou · on reading
死亡
death, dying
事故の 死亡者は いませんでした。
No one died in the accident.
な(い) nai · kun reading · less common
亡い
late, who has died
亡き 祖父の 写真です。
This is a photo of my late grandpa.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.