妄

delusion

Stroke count: 6

Readings

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Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

delusionRtK
あの少女は自分が王女様だという妄想にとらわれている。That girl is under the delusion that she is a princess.tatoeba
そのため、妄信は慎まれよう。For this reason, it should not be accepted blindly.wiki
unnecessarily
without authority
reckless

wild idea
(wild) fancy
(ridiculous) fantasy

Radicals and components

Radical女woman

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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deceased · perish · top hat (亠) · fishhook · woman (女)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 526

Compound words

妄想もうそう

delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy

虚妄きょもう

迷妄めいもう

妄挙ぼうきょ

unreasonable actions

妄執もうしゅう

deep-rooted delusion

妄念もうねん

conviction based on flawed ideas

妄用ぼうよう

誣妄ふぼう

譫妄せんもう

軽挙妄動けいきょもうどう

rash and blind act

誇大妄想こだいもうそう

振戦譫妄しんせんせんもう

delirium tremens

天雷无妄てんらいむぼう

wu wang (hexagram 25 of the I Ching: innocence)

被害妄想ひがいもうそう

persecution complex

誇大妄想狂こだいもうそうきょう

酒客譫妄症しゅかくせんもうしょう

delirium tremens

Additional Examples

そのため、妄信は慎まれよう。

For this reason, it should not be accepted blindly.wiki

そう地謡は因果の妄執のおそろしさを謡う。

So the jiutai chants the horror of the karmic paranoid obsession.wiki

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 妄

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step