妄

delusion, unnecessarily, without authority, reckless

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ボウモウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

みだ.りに

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:6

JLPT:N1

Frequency:2264

Vocabulary

ボウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
妄信	ボウシン	blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
妄想	ボウソウ	delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
虚妄	キョボウ	falsehood; untruth; lie
妄挙	ボウキョ	unreasonable actions; lack of discrimination
妄用	ボウヨウ	misuse; abuse

モウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
妄信	モウシン	blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
妄想	モウソウ	delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
虚妄	キョモウ	falsehood; untruth; lie
虚妄	コモウ	falsehood; untruth; lie
軽挙妄動	ケイキョモウドウ	rash and blind act

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
せん妄	せんもう	delirium
せん妄	せんぼう	delirium
妄りに	みだりに	without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately; arbitrarily
妄りがましい	みだりがましい	morally corrupt
妄心	もうじん	deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things)

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