茫 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
- On
- ボウ
- Kun
- とお.い
- Meaning
- vast and vague
Origin
Grass 艹 with 汒 as phonetic: grass spreading wide without end, hence vast and vague.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 茫漠ぼうばく
vast and vague
- 茫然ぼうぜん
dumbfounded
Example
茫漠たる原野が広がる。
A vast, featureless plain spreads out.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)