曼

曼 U+66FC, 曼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66FC ← 曻 [U+66FB] CJK Unified Ideographs 曽 → [U+66FD]

Translingual

Han character

曼 (Kangxi radical 73, 曰+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 日田中水 (AWLE), four-corner 6040₇, composition ⿳曰罒又(GJK) or ⿳⺜罒又(HT))

1. long, extended, vast
2. beautiful

Derived characters

• 漫 慢 饅 (馒) 鰻 (鳗) 謾 (谩) 槾 鏝 (镘) 墁 嫚 熳 𠼦 𤛔 獌 縵 (缦) 䡬, 𨢥, 𪉽
• 蔓 𩅍 鬘 𰁛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 503, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14298
• Dae Jaweon: page 876, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 399, character 15
• Unihan data for U+66FC

Chinese

trad.		曼
simp. #		曼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 曼
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	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

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

Perhaps two hands opening an eye, or two hands over the eyebrows to indicate the eyes looking at a wide place. The second interpretation links this character to 看, a hand over an eye.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	曼	曼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	母官切	無販切
Baxter	man	mjonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑn/	/mʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑn/	/mʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑn/	/miuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwan/	/muanH/
Li Rong	/muɑn/	/miuɐnH/
Wang Li	/muɑn/	/mĭwɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑn/	/mi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mán	wàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mun4	maan6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	曼	曼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	màn	màn
Middle Chinese	‹ manH ›	‹ mjonH ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁa[n]-s/	/*ma[n]-s/
English	distant	extended, long
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	曼	曼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8740	8756
Phonetic component	曼	曼
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	瞞	万
Old Chinese	/*moːn/	/*mons/
Notes		說文冒聲

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màn (man⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bān / boān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuang⁶ / bhuêng⁶ / mang⁶

• 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
    • Yale: maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²²/
• 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: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boān
    • Tâi-lô: buān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /buan²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuang⁶ / bhuêng⁶ / mang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buăng / buĕng / măng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buaŋ³⁵/, /bueŋ³⁵/, /maŋ³⁵/

Note:

• bhuang6 - Shantou;
• bhuêng6 - Chaozhou;
• mang6 - literary, used in 曼谷.

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

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• Middle Chinese: man, mjonH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤa[n]-s/, /*ma[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːn/, /*mons/

Definitions

曼

1. long; extended; drawn-out

   • 韓娥因曼聲哀哭，一里老幼悲愁垂涕相對，三日不食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     韩娥因曼声哀哭，一里老幼悲愁垂涕相对，三日不食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

     Hán É yīn mànshēng āikū, yī lǐ lǎoyòu bēichóu chuítì xiàngduì, sānrì bù shí. [Pinyin]

     Han E, full of hurt, thus cried out in long wailing songs, and people of the neighbourhood found themselves sad, desolate, and full of tears, and for three days they were unable to eat.

2. handsome; beautiful; refined

   曼妙  ―  mànmiào  ―  graceful; beautiful

   • 曼理皓齒，說情而捐精。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     曼理皓齿，说情而捐精。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Màn lǐ hào chǐ, yuè qíng ér juān jīng. [Pinyin]

     The beauty having delicate skin and pretty white teeth pleases feeling but exhausts energy.

   • 今雖欲自雕琢，曼辭以自飾，無益於俗，不信，適足取辱耳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今虽欲自雕琢，曼辞以自饰，无益于俗，不信，适足取辱耳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1st century BCE, Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. Translated by Burton Watson.

     Jīn suī yù zì diāozhuó, màn cí yǐ zìshì, wúyì yú sú, bùxìn, shì zú qǔ rǔ ěr. [Pinyin]

     Now although I might try to add glory and fame to myself, or with fine words seek to excuse my error, it would have no effect on the vulgar. I would not be believed, but would only take upon myself further shame.

3. a surname

Compounds

• 加里曼丹 (Jiālǐmàndān)
• 吐曼塔勒 (Tǔmàntǎlè)
• 喀勒塔吐格曼 (Kālètǎtùgémàn)
• 土庫曼／土库曼 (Tǔkùmàn)
• 安曼 (Ānmàn)
• 寶天曼／宝天曼 (Bǎotiānmàn)
• 布希曼
• 拜什吐格曼 (Bàishí Tǔgémàn)
• 曼儂／曼侬
• 曼哈坦島／曼哈坦岛
• 曼壽／曼寿
• 曼妙 (mànmiào)
• 曼延 (mànyán)
• 曼徹斯特／曼彻斯特 (Mànchèsītè)
• 曼暖
• 曼波 (mànbō)
• 曼澤／曼泽
• 曼珠沙華／曼珠沙华 (mànzhūshāhuá)
• 曼睩
• 曼羨／曼羡
• 曼聲／曼声
• 曼荊／曼荆
• 曼荼羅／曼荼罗 (màntúluó)
• 曼衍
• 曼谷 (Màngǔ)
• 曼辭／曼辞
• 曼陀林 (màntuólín)
• 曼陀羅／曼陀罗 (màntuóluó)
• 曼靡
• 曼鬋
• 曼麗／曼丽
• 柔曼 (róumàn)
• 祁曼塔格 (Qímàntǎgé)
• 羅曼史／罗曼史 (luómànshǐ)
• 羅曼蒂克／罗曼蒂克 (luómàndìkè)
• 艾西曼 (Àixīmàn)
• 莫曼斯克
• 諾曼人／诺曼人 (nuòmànrén)
• 諾曼第／诺曼第 (Nuòmàndì)
• 輕歌曼舞／轻歌曼舞 (qīnggēmànwǔ)
• 阿利曼
• 阿曼 (Āmàn)
• 靡曼 (mǐmàn)

 

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 曼

曼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: まん (man)、もん (mon)
• Kan-on: ばん (ban)
• Kun: ながい (nagai, 曼い)、ひく (hiku, 曼く)、ひろい (hiroi, 曼い)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

曼: Hán Nôm readings: man, mạn

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