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蔓

màn, mán

creeping plants

A long 曼 plant 艹 ; 曼 also provides the pronunciation

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

曼 sound,meaning component

曼  Sound Meaning component

màn

  

long

Evolution

蔓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蔓 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蔓 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蔓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蔓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蔓  

màn

creeping plants, tendrils, vines; creeper; to spread

蔓  

mán

turnip; Brassica campestris

Most common words with 蔓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蔓延

to extend

蔓

turnip

藤蔓

vine

枝蔓

branches and tendrils

蔓草

creeper

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.ma[n]-s

mjonH

wàn

creep; creeping plant


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.2036% of movies

2708th most common character in movies

2829th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+8513

Shuowen

“蔓，葛屬。从艸，曼聲。”


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