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

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
    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
    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 the non-Han ethnic groups in modern-day southern China.
      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
      儂好𠲎？我蠻好。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
      侬好𠲎？我蛮好。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
      [nʊŋ³³  hɔ³⁴ v̻a̱ ŋv̩ʷ²³ ʔme̞⁵³ hɔ³⁴] [IPA]
      How are you? I'm very well.
      蠻好吃 / 蛮好吃  ―  mán hǎochī  ―  pretty tasty

    Synonyms[edit]

    • (rash):
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    • (very):
    Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very; quite”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 甚
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 非常, 很, 十分, 太
    Mandarin Beijing 挺, 很, 倍兒
    Taiwan 很, 挺, 好
    Tianjin 挺, 很, 傻
    Jinan 挺, 楞
    Xi'an 很
    Wuhan 蠻, 很
    Chengdu 很, 好
    Yangzhou 蠻, 稀, 很
    Hefei 很
    Malaysia 很
    Singapore 很
    Cantonese Guangzhou 好
    Hong Kong 好
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 好
    Taishan 好
    Yangjiang 好
    Kuala Lumpur 好
    Singapore 好
    Gan Nanchang 蠻
    Hakka Meixian 好
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 當, 已, 還
    Liudui (S. Sixian) 蓋, 盡, 還
    Hsinchu (Hailu) 當, 已, 還
    Dongshi (Dabu) 當, 已, 還
    Hsinchu (Raoping) 當, 已, 還
    Yunlin (Zhao'an) 足, 真, 實在
    Sabah 好
    Jin Taiyuan 很, 挺
    Min Bei Jian'ou 真
    Min Dong Fuzhou 野, 真
    Min Nan Xiamen 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代
    Quanzhou 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代
    Zhangzhou 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死
    Taipei 真, 誠
    Kaohsiung 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
    Tainan 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
    Taichung 誠, 蓋, 足
    Hsinchu 真, 誠
    Lukang 真, 誠
    Sanxia 真, 誠
    Yilan 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
    Kinmen 足, 誠
    Magong 真, 誠
    Penang (Hokkien) 真, 誠, 真正
    Singapore (Hokkien) 真, 死爸
    Philippines (Manila Hokkien) 野, 真, 萬代
    Chaozhou 過, 好
    Shantou 好
    Thailand (Bangkok Teochew) 好
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 好
    Wenchang 真
    Singapore (Teochew) 真
    Wu Shanghai 蠻, 老
    Suzhou 蠻
    Wenzhou 蠻, 蒙, 顯
    Xiang Changsha 很, 蠻
    Shuangfeng 蠻

    Compounds[edit]

    Citations[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai

    		蛮

    Kyūjitai

    		蠻

    Kanji[edit]

    蠻

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

    1. barbarian

    Readings[edit]

    • On (unclassified): ばん (ban)
    • Kun: えびす (ebisu)

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    蠻 (eumhun 오랑캐 만 (orangkae man))

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

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    蠻 (man, mán, mơn)

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