(mǎng)

HSK 7-910 strokes

(bound form) dense growth of grass

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Character information

Pinyin
mǎng
Meaning
(bound form) dense growth of grass; (literary) vast; boundless; (bound form) boorish; reckless
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

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Ideograph⿱艹⿱犬廾

A dog 犬 surrounded by weeds 艹, 廾

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Words with

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mǎng
HSK 7-9

hot-headed; impulsive; reckless

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zhēnmǎng

(literary) luxuriant vegetation

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wángmǎng

Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former …

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cǎomǎng

a rank growth of grass

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mǎngzhuàng

rash; reckless

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