亡(wáng): to die
HSK 63 strokes
Readingswángwú
to die
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- wáng / wú
- Meaning
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- Strokes
- 3
- HSK level
- HSK 6
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 亡 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿱亠？A man 人 in a coffin; see 亾
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged top to bottom.
How to write 亡 step by step
3 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
- 1
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- 3
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