| 罔 | |||
| net; deceive; libel; negative | |||
| Radical | 䍏网罒罓𦉪𦉫𦉭𦉰 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 3 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | wǎng wáng | Cantonese reading | mong5 |
| Japanese on reading | bou mou | Japanese kun reading | ami shiiru nai |
| Korean reading | mang | Vietnamese reading | vóng |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 网 | ||
| 罔 | [ wǎng ] to deceive, there is none, old variant of 網|网[wang3] |
| ⇒ 學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆 | [ xué ér bù sī zé wǎng sī ér bù xué zé daì ] To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius) |
| ⇒ 榆罔 | [ yú wǎng ] Yuwang (c. 2000 BC), last of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4], defeated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] |
| ⇒ 欺君罔上 | [ qī jūn wǎng shàng ] to dupe one's sovereign |
| ⇒ 置若罔聞 | [ zhì ruò wǎng wén ] to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear |