妄 wàng absurd
absurd; foolish; ignorant; rash
怎么记住“妄”: 亡 perish + 女 woman = absurd. Afraid her houseplants will perish, the woman next door sings to them every night, and her husband calls it absurd.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
妄 = 亡 perish + 女 woman
- 亡 perish sound
- 女 woman meaning
Afraid her houseplants will perish, the woman next door sings to them every night, and her husband calls it absurd.
How it came to be
In the oldest form, the woman below gives the meaning and the part above the sound.
用法
- Rash/presumptuous/baseless: 妄想 (wàngxiǎng) to daydream vainly / a delusion, 妄图 (wàngtú) to vainly attempt, 狂妄 (kuángwàng) arrogant.
- 轻举妄动 (qīngjǔ-wàngdòng) = to act rashly; 妄自尊大 (wàngzì-zūndà) = to be conceited.
- Always negative: marks action or thought as unfounded or presumptuous.