罔

罔 (Kangxi radical 122, 网+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月廿卜女 (BTYV), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿵𦉰亡 or ⿵冂𠅇)

• 𠵜, 𫰻, 惘, 𭡐, 𣶈, 𪱣, 棢, 焹, 𪻫, 䃃, 網, 𦖉, 蝄, 𠬏, 誷(𫍬), 輞(辋), 龬, 魍, 䱩, 菵

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 946, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28211
• Dae Jaweon: page 1387, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2914, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7F54

Compare Burmese မင်း (mang:, “monarch; royal; high official”).

罔 (*muaŋʔ)

1. official

• Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎^[2], volume 103, pages 386—429

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mlaŋʔ): semantic 网 (“net”) + phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ).

“not have; not”

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“not”). Cognate with 亡 (OC *maŋ), with an Old Chinese auxiliary verb derivative suffix *-ʔ.

罔

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 網 / 网
2. (literary) to not have
3. (literary) not
4. (literary) to deceive; to hide (truth) from
5. (archaic) to falsely accuse; to wrong (someone); to slander

   Synonym: 冤枉

6. (literary, archaic) to be confused; to be perplexed (on thought)

   • 學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Xué ér bù sī zé wǎng, sī ér bù xué zé dài. [Pinyin]

     If you learn without thinking, you will be confused; if you think without learning, you will be endangered.

7. (Eastern Min, with verbs and adjectives) the more... the more

   伊罔吹會利害，茲隻𡅏行墿其儂就將許件大衣罔包罔緊去。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
   伊罔吹会利害，兹只𡅏行𰉣其侬就将许件大衣罔包罔紧去。 [Eastern Min, simp.]

   ĭ muōng chuŏi-â̤-*lê-hâi, cī-ciéh lā̤ giàng-*duô-gì-nè̤ng cêu ciŏng hī-giông-*duâi-ĭ muōng-*bău muōng-*gīng-kó̤. / [i⁵⁵ muoŋ³³ t͡sʰui⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ɛ²⁴²⁽⁻²¹⁾ l̃i²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ɑi²⁴² t͡si³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒiɛʔ²⁴ l̃ɛ³³ kiaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ tuo²⁴²⁽⁻²¹⁾ ^(k-)i⁵³⁻³³ nˡøyŋ⁵³ t͡siɛu²⁴² t͡suoŋ⁵⁵ hi³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)yoŋ²⁴²⁽⁻²¹⁾ tuai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ i⁵⁵ muoŋ³³⁻²¹ pau⁵⁵ muoŋ³³⁻²¹ kiŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)ŋɔ²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   The harder he blew, the tighter that walking man wrapped his coat around himself.

8. (Eastern Min, with verbs) while (usually used as a pair: doing X while doing Y)
9. (Eastern Min) although

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. net (あみ)^[1]
2. stupid, confused (くらい)
3. deceive (しいる)
4. no, none (ない)

• Go-on: もう (mō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: あみ (ami, 罔)、くらい (kurai, 罔い)、しいる (shiiru, 罔いる)^{←しひる (sifiru, 罔ひる, historical)}、ない (nai, 罔い)^[1]

罔 (eumhun 그물 망 (geumul mang))

1. hanja form^? of 망 (“net”)
2. hanja form^? of 망 (“deceive”)
3. hanja form^? of 망 (“libel”)
4. hanja form^? of 망 (“negative”)

罔: Hán Nôm readings: vóng, vọng, võng

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