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Kanji Detail for 亡 - "to die, to lose, to destroy"

亡

  • Meaning

    亡 means "to die, to lose, to destroy."

    1. To die - To pass away; perish.

    2. To lose - To be lost; disappear.

  • Words using 亡

    • 死亡 しぼう Listen death; dying; mortality
    • 亡命 ぼうめい Listen fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection
    • 死亡率 しぼうりつ Listen death rate; mortality rate
    • 逃亡 とうぼう Listen escape; flight; running away
    • 死亡者 しぼうしゃ Listen the deceased; deaths; persons killed
    • 存亡 そんぼう Listen life or death; existence; destiny
    • 未亡人 みぼうじん Listen widow
    • 滅亡 めつぼう Listen downfall; ruin; collapse

  • Four-character idioms with 亡

    • 亡羊補牢 ぼうようほろう Listen locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late
    • 危急存亡 ききゅうそんぼう Listen life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened
    • 多岐亡羊 たきぼうよう Listen too many options making selection difficult; truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate
    • 治乱興亡 ちらんこうぼう Listen nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall
    • 流連荒亡 りゅうれんこうぼう Listen spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures
    • 盛衰興亡 せいすいこうぼう Listen rise and fall; ups and downs; waxing and waning

  • Tattoo check: 亡

    • Verified meaning: to die, to lose, to destroy
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すえひろ, すえまる)
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 亡

    Surnames 亡(すえひろ)Listen 亡(すえまる)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    deceased; the late; dying; perish

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    death, destroyed; lose, perish

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    death, destruction; to lose; to perish

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To lose. From having to not having; no longer existing. Such as 亡國 (lost nation). Lost objects are also called 亡. | To flee. Such as fleeing from famine is called 流亡 (become a refugee). Taking refuge is called 亡命. | To die. Such as calling a deceased younger sibling 亡弟, 亡妹. When Jin dynasty's Pan Yue's wife died, he composed poems mourning her called "Mourning the Departed poems." Hence wife's death is also called 悼亡.

  • Onyomi

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    boh(ボウ) ボウ

    moh(モウ) モウ

  • Kunyomi

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    horo.biru(ほろ-びる) ほろ-びる

    horo.bosu(ほろ-ぼす) ほろ-ぼす

    horo.bu(ほろ-ぶ) ほろ-ぶ

    na.ki(な-き) な-き

    nai(な-い) な-い

  • Strokes

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    3 strokes

  • Radical

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    亠 (nabebuta・keisankammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    die lose destroy escape forget nothing nil dead deceased death departed disappear end expire lifeless lost perish ruin

Sentences including 亡

  • The late mr smith was a doctor.

  • He died recently.

  • He died on the day his son arrived.

  • The old man passed away this morning.

  • My father passed away two years ago.

  • Last night his father passed away because of his illness.

  • I cannot look at this picture without thinking of my dead mother.

  • She died yesterday afternoon.

  • The man died a few hours ago.

  • My father died when i was seven years old.

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