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罔

wǎng

Character

What 罔 means

1. to deceive
2. there is none
3. old variant of {网|wǎng}

Other readings

罔 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wǎngold variant of {罔|wǎng}

Example sentences

• 约翰对我的建议置若罔闻。
  Yuēhàn duì wǒ de jiànyì zhìruòwǎngwén.
  John ignored my advice.
• 他对他们的请求置若罔闻。
  Tā duì tāmen de qǐngqiú zhìruòwǎngwén.
  He turned a deaf ear to their request.

Words starting with 罔

• 罔顾wǎng gùto ignore; to disregard
• 罔两wǎng liǎngvariant of 魍魉

Words containing 罔

• 世袭罔替shì xí wǎng tì(of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family
• 欺君罔上qī jūn wǎng shàngto dupe one's sovereign
• 置若罔闻zhì ruò wǎng wénto turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
• 榆罔Yú wǎngYuwang (c. 2000 BC), last of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝
• 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆xué ér bù sī zé wǎng , sī ér bù xué zé dàiTo learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)

Characters that look like 罔

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

• 图túdiagram; picture; drawing
• 周zhōuto make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 沟gōuditch; gutter; groove
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 芮ruìsmall
• 囤dùnbin for grain

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
• 惘disappointed; perplexed
• 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