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

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)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mang⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: māng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹¹/
- (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
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ban²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ban³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boān
  - Tâi-lô: buān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boan
  - Sinological 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/

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	/muɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwan^H/
Li Rong	/muɑn^H/
Wang Li	/muɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑn^H/
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	‹ man^H ›
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

to overflow (of water); to brim over; to flood
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)
long; endless
free; casual; unrestrained
漫談／漫谈 ― màntán ― to chat freely

漫無目的／漫无目的 ― mànwúmùde ― aimless
do not
漫說／漫说 ― mànshuō ― not to mention

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.		漫
simp. ^#		漫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màn (man⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ

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

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 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 151.

Japanese

Kanji

漫

(Jōyō kanji)

aimlessly, at random, unintentional; ridiculous, caricatural

Readings

Go-on: まん (man, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ばん (ban)
Kun: みだりに (midari ni, 漫りに)、そぞろに (sozoro ni, 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))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

漫: Hán Việt readings: mạn (莫(mạc)半(bán)切(thiết))^[1]^[2]^[3], man^[2]^[4]
漫: Nôm readings: mặn^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7], mớn^[3]^[5]^[6]^[7], mạn^[2]^[3]^[4], mẳn^[3]^[6]^[7], mướn^[1]^[2], mượn^[1]^[2], man^[1]^[4], mằn^[4], máng^[4]

chữ Hán form of mạn (“(in compounds) free; casual; indulgent”)
傳奇漫錄 ― Truyền kì mạn lục ― Casual Records of Transmitted Strange Tales
chữ Nôm form of man (“used in man mác (“vast and wide”)”)
chữ Nôm form of mặn (“salty”)
chữ Nôm form of mướn (“to hire, to rent”)
chữ Nôm form of mượn (“to borrow”)

Compounds

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 Hồ (1976).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Trần (2004).
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Bonet (1899).
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Génibrel (1898).
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

[tdcndg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[btcn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 Hồ (1976).

[gdhn-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Trần (2004).

[bonet-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Bonet (1899).

[genibrel-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Génibrel (1898).

[taberd-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

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