蔓

蔓 U+8513, 蔓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8513 ← 蔒 [U+8512] CJK Unified Ideographs 蔔 → [U+8514]

Translingual

Han character

蔓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿日田水 (TAWE), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱艹曼)

Derived characters

• 𠐎, 𭋽, 𫲏, 𨞼

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31784
• Dae Jaweon: page 1516, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3278, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8513

Chinese

trad.		蔓
simp. #		蔓

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 *moːn, *mons) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 曼 (OC *moːn, *mons).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màn, wàn (man⁴, wan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ, ㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): mâng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bān / boān / mōa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuêng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • 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, colloquial)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàn
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴
    • Yale: wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wann
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maan⁶
    • Yale: maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ²⁴²/
• 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/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mōa
    • Tâi-lô: muā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moa
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /muã³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /muã²²/

Note: bān/boān - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuêng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bueŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjonH

Rime
Character	蔓
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	無販切
Baxter	mjonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muanH/
Li Rong	/miuɐnH/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ma[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mons/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蔓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàn
Middle Chinese	‹ mjonH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ma[n]-s/
English	creep; creeping plant
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	蔓
Reading #	2/2
No.	8755
Phonetic component	曼
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	万
Old Chinese	/*mons/

Definitions

蔓

1. vine; creeper
2. to spread; to extend
3. a surname

Compounds

• 不蔓不支
• 不蔓不枝 (bùmànbùzhī)
• 壓蔓／压蔓
• 孳蔓
• 延蔓
• 抱蔓摘瓜
• 枝蔓 (zhīmàn)
• 枝詞蔓語／枝词蔓语
• 滋蔓 (zīmàn)
• 滋蔓難圖／滋蔓难图
• 瓜蔓抄
• 翻蔓
• 胡蔓草
• 胡蔓藤
• 花蔓兒／花蔓儿
• 荒煙蔓草／荒烟蔓草
• 莽榛蔓草
• 蔓延 (mànyán)
• 蔓徑荒草／蔓径荒草
• 蔓生
• 蔓生植物
• 蔓綠絨／蔓绿绒
• 蔓荊／蔓荆
• 蔓草 (màncǎo)
• 蔓蔓
• 蔓藤 (mànténg)
• 蔓衍
• 蔓詞／蔓词
• 蔓說／蔓说
• 藤蔓
• 野有蔓草

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mán (man²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): muàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mán
    • Wade–Giles: man²
    • Yale: mán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man
    • Palladius: мань (manʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maan⁴
    • Yale: màahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān
    • Tâi-lô: bān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ban
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³/

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• Middle Chinese: man

Rime
Character	蔓
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	母官切
Baxter	man
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwan/
Li Rong	/muɑn/
Wang Li	/muɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔓
Reading #	1/2
No.	8743
Phonetic component	曼
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	瞞
Old Chinese	/*moːn/

Definitions

蔓

1. Only used in 蔓菁 (mánjing, “turnip”).

Japanese

Kanji

蔓

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. vine

Readings

• Go-on: まん (man)^{←まん (man, historical)}; もん (mon)^{←もん (mon, historical)}
• Kan-on: ばん (ban)^{←ばん (ban, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: まん (man)^{←まん (man, historical)}
• Kun: つる (tsuru, 蔓); のびる (nobiru, 蔓びる); かずら (kazura, 蔓)^{←かづら (kadura, 蔓, historical)}; かづら (kazura, 蔓); つら (tsura, 蔓)
• Nanori: し (shi)

Compounds

• 蔓(まん)延(えん), 蔓(まん)衍(えん) (man'en)
• 蔓(まん)生(せい) (mansei)
• 蔓(まん)菁(せい) (mansei)
• 蔓(まん)説(せつ) (mansetsu)
• 蔓(まん)草(そう) (mansō)
• 蔓(まん)纏(てん) (manten)
• 蔓(まん)蔓(まん) (manman)
• 延(えん)蔓(まん), 延(えん)曼(まん) (enman)
• 枝(し)蔓(まん) (shiman)
• 滋(じ)蔓(まん), 滋(じ)曼(まん) (jiman)
• 蕪(ぶ)蔓(まん), 蕪(ぶ)漫(まん) (buman)
• 蘿(ら)蔓(まん) (raman)

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蔓
つる Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

蔓(つる) • (tsuru) 

1. vine
2. intermediary
3. financial supporter

Derived terms

• 蔓梅擬(ツルウメモドキ) (tsuru umemodoki)
• 蔓黄楊(ツルツゲ) (tsuru tsuge)
• 蔓蕺草(ツルドクダミ) (tsuru dokudami)
• 蔓菜(ツルナ) (tsuruna)
• 蔓紫(ツルムラサキ) (tsuru murasaki)
• 蔓竜胆(ツルリンドウ) (tsuru rindō)
• 蔓茘枝(ツルレイシ) (tsuru reishi)
• 三味線蔓(シャミセンヅル) (shamisen-zuru)
• 半鐘蔓(ハンショウヅル) (hanshō-zuru)
• 牡丹蔓(ボタンヅル) (botan-zuru)

Korean

Hanja

蔓 • (man) (hangeul 만, revised man, McCune–Reischauer man, Yale man)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蔓 (mạn, mơn)