Character: 亡
Modern (Beijing) reading: wáng
Preclassic Old Chinese: maŋ
Classic Old Chinese: maŋ
Western Han Chinese: maŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: mwaŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: mwaŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mwaŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: mwaŋ
Middle Chinese: mwaŋ
English meaning : to lose, have no; disappear, perish, flee
Russian meaning[s]: 1) погибнуть; умереть; покойный, умерший; мой покойный...; 2) потерять; 3) бежать; бегство; [wú] древн. не иметь, нет, см. 無
Comments: For *m- cf. Min forms: Xiamen bɔŋ2, Chaozhou buaŋ2. In some bone inscriptions the graph is used instead of the synonymous 罔 *maŋʔ q.v. Etymology see under 無.
Radical: 8
Four-angle index: 748
Karlgren code: 0742 a-f
Shijing occurrences: 27.2_, 35.4_
