亡 Kanji – deceased
The Japanese kanji 亡 can mean deceased, the late, dying, perish.
Meaning and Readings
How is 亡 read?
亡 has the onyomi readings ボウ, モウ and the kunyomi readings ない, なき-, ほろびる, ほろぶ, ほろぼす.
In romaji, these readings can be written as bou, mou, nai, naki, horobiru, horobu, horobosu.
Common Japanese Words Using 亡
These common Japanese words contain 亡. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 死亡（しぼう） — death, dying, mortality
- 死亡者（しぼうしゃ） — the deceased, deaths, persons killed
- 死亡率（しぼうりつ） — death rate, mortality rate
- 逃亡（とうぼう） — escape, flight, running away, elopement, fleeing
- 亡くなる（なくなる） — to die, to pass away
- 亡骸（なきがら） — remains, corpse, (dead) body
- 亡命（ぼうめい） — fleeing from one's country, seeking asylum, defection, emigration (for political reasons), (going into) exile, becoming a (political) refugee
- 亡霊（ぼうれい） — departed spirit, soul of the dead
- 未亡人（みぼうじん） — widow
- 滅亡（めつぼう） — downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction