Skip to content

芒máng

Character evolution

芒

Hover to feel · click to explore

Simplified · Today

Shuowen

芒. The character combines 艹 (grass) with 亡, depicting the sharp awns or blades of grain that prick outward. The 亡 component represents the pointed tip, suggesting something sharp and projecting. This character originally described the bristly, pointed part of grasses and grains, from which extended meanings of sharpness and expanse derive.

Pinyin

máng· HSK 1