亡
pass away; deceased; the late; dying; perish
3 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 661.
Readings
- ボウ (on reading): 死亡 (しぼう) death; 逃亡 (とうぼう) escape
- ない (kun reading): 亡くなる (なくなる) to die; 亡くす (なくす) to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
- モウ (on reading): 亡者 (もうじゃ) the dead; 損亡 (そんもう) loss
- なき (kun reading): 亡き (なき) deceased; 亡き後 (なきあと) after one's death
- ほろびる (kun reading)
- ほろぶ (kun reading)
- ほろぼす (kun reading)
Components
Kanji containing 亡
- 望 ambition
- 荒 laid waste
- 忘 forget
- 忙 busy
- 盲 blind
- 妄 delusion
- 芒 pampas grass
- 肓 interior region of the body too deep to be reached by acupuncture
- 氓 people
- 罔 net
- 茫 wide
- 虻 gadfly
- 瀛 ocean
- 羸 thin
- 贏 victory
Words using 亡
- 死亡 (しぼう) death
- 逃亡 (とうぼう) escape
- 滅亡 (めつぼう) downfall
- 亡命 (ぼうめい) fleeing from one's country
- 亡霊 (ぼうれい) departed spirit
- 亡くなる (なくなる) to die
- 亡くす (なくす) to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
- 亡骸 (なきがら) remains
- 亡い (ない) dead
- 亡者 (もうじゃ) the dead
- 損亡 (そんもう) loss
- 我利我利亡者 (がりがりもうじゃ) greedy person
- 政権亡者 (せいけんもうじゃ) one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power
- 金の亡者 (かねのもうじゃ) money monger
- 亡き (なき) deceased
- 亡き後 (なきあと) after one's death
- 亡き魂 (なきたま) departed soul
- 亡き者 (なきもの) dead person
- 亡き親 (なきおや) deceased parent
116 words in all.