邙
máng

mountain in Henan province

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 亡 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

亡
亡 Sound component
wáng death

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːŋ
maŋ

說文解字

河南洛陽北亡山上邑。从邑亡聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)