惘
wǎng

disconcerted

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 罔 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

罔
罔 Sound component
wǎng, wáng net

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjangXmaŋʔdejected
Zhengzhangmaŋʔ
Unicodemiɑ̌ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica