蠻

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See also: 蛮
蠻 U+883B, 蠻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-883B
← 蠺
[U+883A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蠼 →
[U+883C]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

蠻 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+19, 25 strokes, cangjie input 女火中一戈 (VFLMI), four-corner 22136, composition ⿱龻虫)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 1104, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33914
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1567, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2909, character 21
  • Unihan data for U+883B

Chinese[edit]

trad. 蠻
simp. 蛮
alternative forms 滿／满 “quite”

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (䜌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蠻 *mroːn
矕 *mroːnʔ
變 *prons
鸞 *b·roːn
巒 *b·roːn
灤 *b·roːn
欒 *b·roːn
鑾 *b·roːn
臠 *b·roːn, *b·ronʔ
羉 *b·roːn
䜌 *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons
灓 *b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons
圝 *b·roːn
曫 *b·roːn
孿 *smroːns, *smrons
彎 *qroːn
灣 *qroːn
攣 *b·ron
孌 *b·ronʔ, *b·rons
戀 *b·rons
㪻 *pʰlons, *klons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mroːn): phonetic 䜌 (OC *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons) + semantic 虫 (“snake”).

Etymology[edit]

Possibly related to Burmese မြန်မာ (mranma, “Myanmar; Burma; Burmese”), Tibetan བྲན (bran, “servant, slave”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • 1'me - “very; quite”.
  • Xiang
    • Rime
    Character 蠻
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 刪 (69)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 莫還切
    Baxter maen
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/mˠan/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/mᵚan/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/mɐn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/maɨn/
    Li
    Rong         		/man/
    Wang
    Li         		/man/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/man/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		mán
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		maan4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 蠻
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		mán
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ maen ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mˁro[n]/
    English southern foreigner

    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 蠻
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8610
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		蠻
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mroːn/
    Notes 金文作

    Definitions[edit]

    蠻

    1. (historical, derogatory) A collective name for all non-Han ethnic groups south of Han areas of China in any given era.
      南蠻／南蛮  ―  nánmán  ―  the Southern barbarians
    2. barbarous; savage; uncivilised
    3. rough; rude; unreasonable
      野蠻／野蛮  ―  yěmán  ―  uncivilised; rude and unreasonable
    4. rash; hot-headed
    5. valiantly; uncouthly; vulgarly
      胡攪蠻纏／胡搅蛮缠  ―  hújiǎománchán  ―  to pester somebody endlessly
    6. (dialectal, colloquial) very; quite
      蠻好吃／蛮好吃  ―  mán hǎochī  ―  pretty tasty
      蠻好食／蛮好食 [Waxiang]  ―  [man¹³ xau²⁵ ʑiəɯ¹³] [IPA]  ―  pretty tasty
      儂好𠲎？我蠻好。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
      侬好𠲎？我蛮好。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
      6non 5hau 0va 6ngu 1me 5hau [Wugniu]
      How are you? I'm very well.

    Quotations[edit]

    Synonyms[edit]

    • (rash):
    • (very):
    Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 甚, 孔
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 很, 非常, 十分
    Mandarin Beijing 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
    Taiwan 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
    Tianjin 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
    Jinan 挺, 楞
    Xi'an 很
    Wuhan 蠻, 很
    Chengdu 很, 好
    Chongqing 很
    Yangzhou 蠻, 稀, 很
    Hefei 很
    Malaysia 很
    Singapore 很, 蠻, 非常
    Cantonese Guangzhou 好, 非常之
    Hong Kong 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 好
    Taishan 好, 十分之
    Yangjiang 好
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 好
    Singapore (Guangfu) 好, 非常之, 非常
    Gan Nanchang 蠻
    Hakka Meixian 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
    Huidong (Daling) 好
    Wuhua (Meilin) 好
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頂
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 好
    Changting 野
    Wuping (Pingyu) 已, 刮
    Liancheng 樣
    Ninghua 好
    Ruijin 蠻
    Shicheng 蠻
    Shangyou (Shexi) 蠻
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 當, 已, 還
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蓋, 盡, 還
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 當, 盡, 已, 還
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 當, 已, 還
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 當, 已, 還
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 足, 真, 實在
    Hong Kong 好
    Sabah (Bao'an) 好
    Kuching (Hepo) 很
    Singapore (Dabu) 好
    Jin Taiyuan 很, 挺
    Min Bei Jian'ou 盡
    Min Dong Fuzhou 野, 真
    Singapore (Fuqing) 真
    Sitiawan (Gutian) 真
    Min Nan Xiamen 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 真
    Quanzhou 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人
    Jinjiang 野
    Zhangzhou 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人
    Zhao'an 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
    Dongshan 真, 非常
    Taipei 真, 誠
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 真, 誠
    Kaohsiung 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
    Yilan 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
    Changhua (Lukang) 真, 誠
    Taichung 誠, 蓋, 足
    Tainan 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
    Hsinchu 真, 誠
    Kinmen 足, 誠
    Penghu (Magong) 真, 誠
    Penang (Hokkien) 真, 誠, 真正
    Singapore (Hokkien) 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
    Manila (Hokkien) 野, 真, 萬代, 真正
    Chaozhou 過, 好, 非常, 死爸
    Shantou 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
    Shantou (Chenghai) 好, 死絕
    Shantou (Chaoyang) 好, 非常
    Jieyang 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
    Bangkok (Teochew) 好
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 好
    Singapore (Teochew) 真, 死爸, 非常
    Wenchang 極, 但顧, 真
    Haikou 但顧
    Qionghai 但顧, 真
    Singapore (Hainanese) 但顧, 真
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 好, 蠻
    Wu Shanghai 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
    Suzhou 蠻, 窮
    Hangzhou 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
    Ningbo 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𠊉好, 𠊉派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
    Zhoushan 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
    Wenzhou 蠻, 蒙, 顯
    Xiang Changsha 很, 蠻
    Shuangfeng 蠻

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai

    		蛮

    Kyūjitai

    		蠻

    Kanji[edit]

    蠻

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

    1. barbarian

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese 蠻 (MC maen).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 만 (Yale: màn)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 되〯 (Yale: twǒy) 만 (Yale: màn)

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    蠻 (eumhun 오랑캐 만 (orangkae man))

    1. Hanja form? of 만 (“barbarian”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    蠻: Hán Nôm readings: man, mán, mơn

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