Ideographic: A man 人 in a coffin; see 亾Radical:

meaning for wáng:

  • - to die
  • - to lose
  • - to be gone
  • - to flee
  • - deceasedto die
  • - deathcasualties
  • - injuries and deathsto dieto be destroyed
  • - to become extinct
  • - to perish
  • - to die out
  • - to destroy
  • - to exterminate(of a nation) to be destroyed
  • - subjugation
  • - vanquished nation