氓 Strokes Write it Listen 氓 máng people, subjects, vassals HSK 7–9 8 strokes Radical 民 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from亡soundwángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish民meaningmíncitizens, subjects; a nation's people How it works民 hints at the meaning (citizens), and 亡 wáng hints at the sound.