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wáng
perish
#568b
Chapter-30
3 strokes

Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles

Wang is composed of 入 ju to enter and 乚 an old form of 隱 yin to conceal. It means to escape as a fugitive, to perish, lost, etc. Read wu = not.

Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)


wáng
to die/to lose/to be gone/to flee/deceased



wáng
old variant of 亡[wang2]

Phrases ending with the given character

nǎo
wáng
brain death

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