The kanji 妄: meaning, readings and stroke order

妄

Meaning: groundless, reckless
On reading: モウ mou、ボウ bou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 6
Radical: 女 woman, female
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hão huyền, càn bậy (vọng)
Japanese: でたらめ。むやみに。
Korean: 허망하다, 함부로 (망)
Chinese: 虚妄、胡乱

Readings, words and example sentences

モウ mou · on reading · less common

妄もう想そう
wild imagining, delusion
妄もう想そうにとらわれません。
I don't let wild ideas take hold of me.

ボウ bou · on reading · less common

妄ぼう言げん
reckless remarks, thoughtless words
妄ぼう言げんはつつしみます。
I am careful not to say reckless things.

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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.