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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2264 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: delusion, unnecessarily, without authority, reckless

Kunyomi: みだ.りに

Onyomi: モウ, ボウ

Composition: 亡 女

妄

Radical

Radical: 女

Meaning: woman, female

Reading: おんな

Frequency: 681

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

女

Examples

Onyomi Examples

妄想 (モウソウ) delusion, wild idea, (wild) fancy, (ridiculous) fantasy

盲信 (モウシン) blind acceptance, blind belief, credulity

迷妄 (メイモウ) illusion, fallacy, delusion

謬妄 (ビュウモウ) fallacy, conjecture, baseless thing, random thing

妄想 (モウソウ) delusion, wild idea, (wild) fancy, (ridiculous) fantasy

盲信 (モウシン) blind acceptance, blind belief, credulity

狂妄 (キョウボウ) eccentric, wild, off-kilter, mad

誣謗 (フボウ) slander

Kunyomi Examples

妄りに (みだりに) without authority, without reason, unnecessarily, recklessly, indiscriminately, arbitrarily

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