亡
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wáng · death, destruction

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3Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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亠Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 亡

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wángWords pronounced wáng
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Example sentences

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Wǒ men shì wèi le sǐ wáng ér dàn shēng de.我们是为了死亡而诞生的。

We were born to die.

Source: Tatoeba #8686666 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Cóng gǔ dào jīn, méi yǒu guò bú miè wáng de guó jiā.从古到今,没有过不灭亡的国家。

There has never been a nation that was not eventually destroyed.

Source: Tatoeba #3845390 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ qù nà lǐ bú shì wèi le sǐ wáng. wǒ qù nà lǐ shì wèi le shēng huó.我去那里不是为了死亡。我去那里是为了生活。

I did not go there to die. I went there to live.

Source: Tatoeba #489325 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Sǐ wáng shì wéiyī kě néng de jiě tuō ma?死亡是唯一可能的解脱吗?

Is death the only way to liberation?

Source: Tatoeba #813471 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tú mǔ yào dà jiā yǐwéi tā sǐ wáng le.图姆要大家以为他死亡了。

Tom wanted everyone to think he'd died.

Source: Tatoeba #2575678 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Qù nián yǒu liǎng bǎi rén yīn huò luàn sǐ wáng.去年有两百人因霍乱死亡。

Two hundred people died of cholera last year.

Source: Tatoeba #8888076 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 亡 in context

  1. Say wáng, then recall the core meaning: death, destruction.
  2. Write all 3 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 伤亡 (shāng wáng), meaning “casualties”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 亡 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.