氓 máng hooligan
hooligan; people; subjects; vassals
怎么记住“氓”: 亡 perish + 民 citizens = hooligan. Every flower bed in the park seems to perish overnight, until the citizens keep watch and catch the young hooligan.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
氓 = 亡 perish + 民 citizens
- 亡 perish sound
- 民 citizens meaning
Every flower bed in the park seems to perish overnight, until the citizens keep watch and catch the young hooligan.
How it came to be
In the small seal form, the sign for citizens gives the meaning and the sign for perish the sound.
用法
- Occurs in 流氓 (liúmáng): a hooligan/rogue, or lewd/indecent behavior: 耍流氓 (shuǎ liúmáng) to act like a creep/behave indecently.
- Note the reading is máng here, not méng. Colloquial and pejorative.