# 亡 dying

(beret) + L (loser)
★★★☆☆
3 strokes
STRONG

## Onyomi

BOU |

## Mnemonic

| The loser died from losing a game of BOWLing with the Devil . . .and was buried with his beret on.

## Kunyomi

( が ) な*くなる | a polite way of saying die, like the English phrase "pass on." ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

滅亡(めつぼう) | downfall ★★☆☆☆ 滅 (annihilate) + 亡 (dying) = 滅亡 (downfall) the downfall of a civilization or the dying-out of a certain ethnic group. But it doesn't have 'downfall's moral judgement.
未亡人(みぼうじん) | widow ☆☆☆☆☆ FR 未 (not yet) + 亡 (dying) + 人 (person) = 未亡人 (widow) widow.I'm not including this because it's useful, but because it's one of the most spectacularly non-PC words: the literal translation is：'not yet dead person'!

## Used In

- 忙
- 忘
- 盲
- 望
- 荒
- 妄

## Synonyms

downfall 没落 滅亡 崩壊 破壊 絶滅