Chinese Character Wiki
慢

màn

slow(ly)

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

忄  Meaning component

xin, xīn

  

heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

曼 sound component

曼  Sound component

màn

  

long

Evolution

慢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
慢 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
慢 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
慢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

慢  

màn

slow(ly), leisurely, sluggish; slow

Most common words with 慢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

慢

slow

慢慢

slowly

缓慢

slow

慢性

slow and patient

慢慢来

take your time

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mˤra[n]-s

maenH

màn

disrespectful


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 49.8959% of movies

697th most common character in movies

822nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+6162

Shuowen

“慢，惰也。从心，曼聲。一曰慢，不畏也。”


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