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惘

wǎng

Character

What 惘 means

1. disappointed
2. perplexed

Example sentences

• 我的猫儿一脸迷惘地盯着自己在水中的倒影。
  Wǒ de māo'ér yī liǎn míwǎng de dīng zhe zìjǐ zài shuǐ zhōng de dàoyǐng.
  My cat peers bemusedly at her reflection in the water.

Words starting with 惘

• 惘然wǎng ránfrustrated; perplexed; irresolute
• 惘然若失wǎng rán ruò shīlit. to be frustrated as though having lost sth (idiom); fig. to be at a loss; perplexed

Words containing 惘

• 迷惘mí wǎngperplexed; at a loss
• 怅惘chàng wǎngdistracted; listless; in low spirits

Characters built on 罔

These share the phonetic component 罔 (wǎng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 辋wǎngtire; wheel band
• 魍wǎngused in 魍魉

Characters that look like 惘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 湖húlake
• 悯mǐnto sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for; (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved
• 胴dònglarge intestine; torso
• 辋wǎngtire; wheel band
• 惆chóuforlorn; vexed; disappointed
• 涧jiànmountain stream

Sounds the same

Read wǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 网net; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 往to go (in a direction); to; towards
• 枉to twist; crooked; unjust
• 罔to deceive; there is none; old variant of 网
• 辋tire; wheel band
• 魍used in 魍魉
• 罒net (Kangxi radical 122)
• 罓net (Kangxi radical 122)
• 蝄used in 蝄蜽
• 蛧old variant of 魍