Wiktionary

儘

See also: 尽
儘 U+5118, 儘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5118
← 儗
[U+5117] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 儙 →
[U+5119]

Translingual edit

Traditional 儘
Shinjitai
(extended) 		侭
Simplified 尽

Han character edit

儘 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人中一廿 (OLMT), four-corner 25217, composition ⿰亻盡)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 120, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1234
  • Dae Jaweon: page 253, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 232, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5118

Chinese edit

trad. 儘/盡*
simp. 尽*
alternative forms 侭

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 盡 (OC *ʔslinʔ, *zlinʔ).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

儘

  1. utmost; extreme; furthest
  2. to do one's utmost; to do all one can; to do one's best
  3. to give priority to

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai
(extended)

侭

Kyūjitai

儘

Kanji edit

儘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 侭)

  1. as it is

Readings edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
儘
まま
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
随
任
侭
 
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Sound shift from 随(まにま) (manima, “state of following other's will or the way things develop”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

儘(まま) or 儘(まんま) • (mama or manma) 

  1. the same, unchanged state; state as it is
    チャンネルはそのままで！
    Channeru wa sono mama de!
    Stay tuned!
    (literally, “[Leave] the channel as it is!”)
    生(なま)のままでウィスキーを飲(の)む
    nama no mama de wisukī o nomu
    to drink whiskey straight
  2. (mostly in the form 儘になる (mama ni naru)) the desired or ideal state; freedom
    こう物(ぶっ)価(か)高(だか)だと買(かい)物(もの)も儘(まま)にならない。
    Kō bukka-daka da to kaimono mo mama ni naranai.
    With prices so high, even shopping becomes difficult to do as one wishes.
  3. act of leaving things as it is
    成(な)すが儘(まま)
    nasu ga mama
    as things unfold / as circumstances dictate
  4. (writing and editing) ママ: sic, as it is
    北(きた)川(がわ)さんの「見(み)っけた写(しゃ)真(しん)」〔ママ〕
    Kitagawa-san no “mikketa shashin”〔mama〕
    Ms. Kitagawa's “finded pictures” [sic]

Usage notes edit

  • Used in phrases with the literary particle が:—
    思(おも)うがままに生(い)きる ― omou ga mama ni ikiru ― to live freely (in accordance with whatever one thinks)
    我(わ)がまま ― wagamama ― (doing) as one wants to — selfish
    言(い)われるがまま ― iwareru ga mama ― (doing) as one is told
  • For sense 3, …とも儘よ (... to mo mama yo) or …と儘よ (... to mama yo) was mostly used in the past.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

儘 (eum 진 (jin))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

儘: Hán Nôm readings: tẫn

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