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莽
mǎng
1. thick weeds
2. luxuriant growth
3. Illicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves
4. impertinent
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

莽
mǎng
thicket, underbrush; rude, impertinent
10 丶

Compound Words (10)

榛莽
zhēnmǎng
luxurious vegetation
王莽
WángMǎng
Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han
粗莽
cūmǎng
brusque
草莽
cǎomǎng
a rank growth of grass
莽撞
mǎngzhuàng
rude and impetuous
莽汉
mǎnghàn
a fool
莽草
mǎngcǎo
Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
苍莽
cāngmǎng
boundless
鲁莽
lǔmǎng
hot-headed
卤莽
lǔmǎng
variant of [[魯莽|鲁莽<lǔmǎng>]]

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,713
Word Frequency Rank
4,962 of 84,292

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