漫

See also: 澷

漫 U+6F2B, 漫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F2B ← 漪 [U+6F2A] CJK Unified Ideographs 漬 → [U+6F2C]

Translingual

Han character

漫 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水日田水 (EAWE), four-corner 3614₇, composition ⿰氵曼)

Derived characters

• 䕕, 𩆓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 646, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18166
• Dae Jaweon: page 1056, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1721, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6F2B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (曼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
獌	*mroːn, *moːns, *mons
鬘	*mroːn
謾	*mroːn, *mroːns, *mon, *moːn, *moːns
慢	*mroːns
嫚	*mroːns
縵	*mroːns, *moːns
曼	*moːn, *mons
饅	*moːn
蔓	*moːn, *mons
鰻	*moːn, *mons
墁	*moːn, *moːns
鏝	*moːn, *moːns
槾	*moːn
漫	*moːns
幔	*moːns
蟃	*mons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moːns) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 曼 (OC *moːn, *mons) – Water overflowing. Note that 曼 (màn) means “vast, extended”, so connotations of “too much water, overflow”.

Etymology 1

trad.		漫
simp. #		漫
alternative forms		澫／𬇕 澷 𣸞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màn (man⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ / maan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): man
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bān / boān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuêng⁶ / bhuang⁶ / muang⁶ / mua⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶me

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màn
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴
    • Yale: màn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mann
    • Palladius: мань (manʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ / maan⁴
    • Yale: maahn / màahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ / maan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ / man⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²²/, /maːn²¹/

Note: maan4 - in 漫漫 (uncommon).

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: man
    • Hakka Romanization System: man
    • Hagfa Pinyim: man⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /man⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān
    • Tâi-lô: bān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ban
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ban²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ban³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boān
    • Tâi-lô: buān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /buan²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuêng⁶ / bhuang⁶ / muang⁶ / mua⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buĕng / buăng / muăng / muā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bueŋ³⁵/, /buaŋ³⁵/, /muaŋ³⁵/, /mua¹¹/

Note:

• bhuêng6 - Chaozhou;
• bhuang6 - Shantou, Chenghai;
• muang6 - Chaoyang, Jieyang, Raoping;
• mua7 - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶me
    • MiniDict: me^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²³/

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• Middle Chinese: manH

Rime
Character	漫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫半切
Baxter	manH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwanH/
Li Rong	/muɑnH/
Wang Li	/muɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	màn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mun6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤa[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	漫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	màn
Middle Chinese	‹ manH ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁa[n]-s/
English	wide, limitless
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	漫
Reading #	1/1
No.	8748
Phonetic component	曼
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	縵
Old Chinese	/*moːns/

Definitions

漫

1. to overflow (of water); to brim over; to flood
2. to be everywhere

   漫天  ―  màntiān  ―  to fill the whole sky

   • 漫江碧透，百舸爭流。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     漫江碧透，百舸争流。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1925, Mao Zedong, 沁園春·長沙

     Màn jiāng bì tòu, bǎi gě zhēng liú. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. long; endless
4. free; casual; unrestrained

   漫談／漫谈  ―  màntán  ―  to chat freely

   漫無目的／漫无目的  ―  mànwúmùde  ―  aimless

5. do not

   漫說／漫说  ―  mànshuō  ―  not to mention

Compounds

• 動漫畫／动漫画
• 嘲諷漫罵／嘲讽漫骂
• 國際漫遊／国际漫游
• 天真爛漫／天真烂漫 (tiānzhēnlànmàn)
• 太空漫步 (tàikōng mànbù)
• 夷漫
• 彌漫／弥漫 (mímàn)
• 懷刺漫滅／怀刺漫灭
• 抵死漫生
• 撒漫
• 散漫
• 杳漫
• 汙漫／污漫 (wūmàn)
• 汗漫
• 河漫灘／河漫滩 (hémàntān)
• 流漫
• 浩漫
• 浪漫 (làngmàn)
• 浪漫主義／浪漫主义 (làngmàn zhǔyì)
• 浪漫曲
• 浪漫樂派／浪漫乐派
• 浪漫派
• 淼漫
• 湠漫
• 漫不經心／漫不经心 (mànbùjīngxīn)
• 漫不經意／漫不经意
• 漫卷
• 漫反射 (mànfǎnshè)
• 漫叟
• 漫地漫天
• 漫地風雪／漫地风雪
• 漫天 (màntiān)
• 漫天匝地
• 漫天叫價／漫天叫价
• 漫天塞地
• 漫天徹地／漫天彻地
• 漫天漫地
• 漫天索價／漫天索价
• 漫天蓋地／漫天盖地
• 漫天討價／漫天讨价
• 漫天遍野
• 漫天開價／漫天开价
• 漫天飛舞／漫天飞舞
• 漫射 (mànshè)
• 漫山 (mànshān)
• 漫山塞野 (mànshān sè yě)
• 漫山越嶺／漫山越岭
• 漫山遍野 (mànshānbiànyě)
• 漫布
• 漫成
• 漫條斯理／漫条斯理
• 漫步 (mànbù)
• 漫水 (Mànshuǐ)
• 漫汗
• 漫流
• 漫浪
• 漫游 (mànyóu)
• 漫滅／漫灭
• 漫溢 (mànyì)
• 漫漫 (mànmàn)
• 漫漶 (mànhuàn)
• 漫灌
• 漫然
• 漫無止境／漫无止境
• 漫無目的／漫无目的
• 漫無節制／漫无节制
• 漫無紀律／漫无纪律
• 漫無邊際／漫无边际
• 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà)
• 漫空
• 漫筆／漫笔 (mànbǐ)
• 漫罵／漫骂 (mànmà)
• 漫聲／漫声
• 漫與／漫与
• 漫草
• 漫衍
• 漫評／漫评
• 漫說／漫说
• 漫語／漫语
• 漫誕不稽／漫诞不稽
• 漫談／漫谈 (màntán)
• 漫議／漫议
• 漫遊／漫游 (mànyóu)
• 漫道
• 漫錄／漫录
• 漫長／漫长 (màncháng)
• 漫頭一料／漫头一料
• 漫騰騰／漫腾腾 (mànténgténg)
• 澶漫
• 濫漫／滥漫
• 瀰漫／弥漫 (mímàn)
• 瀾漫／澜漫 (lànmàn)
• 爛漫／烂漫 (lànmàn)
• 碧雞漫志／碧鸡漫志
• 罕漫
• 迷漫 (mímàn)
• 過漫／过漫
• 魚龍漫衍／鱼龙漫衍
• 黑漫漫

 

Etymology 2

trad.		漫
simp. #		漫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màn (man⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màn
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴
    • Yale: màn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mann
    • Palladius: мань (manʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mànr
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: mànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mall
    • Palladius: маньр (manʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑɻ⁵¹/

Definitions

漫

1. Alternative form of 鏝／镘 (màn, “side of a coin without written characters”)

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “漫”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 151.

Japanese

Kanji

漫

(Jōyō kanji)

1. Aimlessly, at random, unintentional; ridiculous, caricatural.

Readings

• Go-on: まん (man, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ばん (ban)
• Kun: みだりに (midarini, 漫りに)、そぞろに (sozoroni, 漫ろに)

Compounds

• 漫(まん)画(が) (manga): comics
• 漫(まん)言(げん) (mangen)
• 漫(まん)語(ご) (mango)
• 漫(まん)才(ざい) (manzai): a style of double act stand-up comedy
• 漫(まん)然(ぜん) (manzen)
• 漫(まん)談(だん) (mandan)
• 漫(まん)読(どく) (mandoku)
• 漫(まん)罵(ば) (manba)
• 漫(まん)筆(ぴつ) (manpitsu)
• 漫(まん)評(ぴょう) (manpyō)
• 漫(まん)歩(ぽ) (manpo)
• 漫(まん)々(まん) (manman), 漫(まん)漫(まん) (manman)
• 漫(まん)遊(ゆう) (man'yū)
• 漫(まん)録(ろく) (manroku)
• 散(さん)漫(まん) (sanman)
• 冗(じょう)漫(まん) (jōman)
• 瀰(び)漫(まん) (biman)
• 放(ほう)漫(まん) (hōman)
• 爛(らん)漫(まん) (ranman), 瀾(らん)漫(まん) (ranman)

Korean

Hanja

漫 (eumhun 질펀할 만 (jilpeonhal man))

1. hanja form^? of 만 (“overflow of water”)
2. hanja form^? of 만 (“spreading”)

Vietnamese

Han character

漫: Hán Việt readings: mạn (莫(mạc)半(bán)切(thiết)), man
漫: Nôm readings: mặn, mạn, mướn, mượn, man, mẳn, mớn, mằn, máng

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