滿

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See also: 满 and 満
滿 U+6EFF, 滿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EFF
← 滾
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 漀 →

Translingual

Traditional 滿
Shinjitai 満
Simplified 满

Han character

滿 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水廿中月 (ETLB), four-corner 34127, composition ⿰氵㒼)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 644, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18099
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1052, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1714, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6EFF

Chinese

trad. 滿
simp. 满

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (芇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
芇 *men, *meːnʔ, *maːn
蹣 *boːn, *moːn
瞞 *moːn
顢 *moːn
樠 *moːn, *mon, *muːn
慲 *moːn
鬗 *moːn, *mons
滿 *moːnʔ
鏋 *moːnʔ
懣 *moːnʔ, *muːnʔ, *muːns
璊 *muːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moːnʔ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 㒼 ().

Etymology

“Manchu”
Short for 滿洲／满洲 (Mǎnzhōu), from Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju); further etymology is unknown. See 满族 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
“Classifier for occurrences of events”
See 這滿／这满

Pronunciation

Note: māng - vernacular (“so very”).
Note:
  • móa - vernacular;
  • boán - literary.
Rime
Character 滿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫旱切
Baxter manX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muɑnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mʷɑnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/muɑnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mwanX/
Li
Rong 		/muɑnX/
Wang
Li 		/muɑnX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/muɑnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mun5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 滿
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ manX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁʔ/
English full

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 滿
Reading # 1/1
No. 9039
Phonetic
component 		芇
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		滿
Old
Chinese 		/*moːnʔ/

Definitions

滿

  1. full; filled; packed
    所有的停車場都滿了。 [MSC, trad.]
    所有的停车场都满了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Suǒyǒu de tíngchēchǎng dōu mǎn le.
    All the car parks are full.
    教室裡坐滿了學生。 [MSC, trad.]
    教室里坐满了学生。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jiàoshì lǐ zuò mǎn le xuéshēng.
    The classroom is full of students.
    這篇論文滿是拼寫錯誤。 [MSC, trad.]
    这篇论文满是拼写错误。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè piān lùnwén mǎn shì pīnxiě cuòwù.
    This paper is full of spelling mistakes.
  2. full; complete
  3. whole; entire
    滿身是血／满身是血  ―  mǎn shēn shì xuè  ―  the whole body is covered in blood
  4. fully; completely
  5. to fill; to cause to be full
  6. to reach the limit; to expire
    限期已滿。／限期已满。  ―  Xiànqī yǐ mǎn.  ―  The time limit has been reached.
    他兒子一滿18歲，他就送他參軍了。 [MSC, trad.]
    他儿子一满18岁，他就送他参军了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā érzǐ yī mǎn 18 suì, tā jiù sòng tā cānjūn le.
    He sent his son to join the army as soon as he reached eighteen.
  7. to satisfy; satisfied; contented
    滿意／满意  ―  mǎnyì  ―  satisfied
    自滿／自满  ―  zìmǎn  ―  self-satisfied
  8. arrogant; conceited
    滿招損，謙受益／满招损，谦受益  ―  mǎn zhāo sǔn, qiān shòu yì  ―  A conceited person receives failure, whereas a modest person receives benefits.
  9. quite; so; very
    滿不錯／满不错  ―  mǎn bùcuò  ―  quite good
  10. (～族) Manchu people
    滿文／满文  ―  mǎnwén  ―  written Manchu language
  11. a surname: Man
  12. (Hakka) Classifier for occurrences of events.

Synonyms

  • (full):
Dialectal synonyms of 滿 (“full”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 滿
Mandarin Beijing 滿
Taiwan 滿
Jinan 滿
Xi'an 滿
Wuhan 滿
Chengdu 滿
Yangzhou 滿
Hefei 滿
Cantonese Guangzhou 滿
Hong Kong 滿
Yangjiang 瀰
Gan Nanchang 滿
Hakka Meixian 滿
Jin Taiyuan 滿
Northern Min Jian'ou 滿
Eastern Min Fuzhou 滿, 滇
Southern Min Xiamen 滿, 滇
Quanzhou 滇
Zhangzhou 滇
Taipei 滇, 滿
New Taipei (Sanxia) 滇, 滿
Kaohsiung 滇, 滿
Yilan 滇, 滿
Changhua (Lukang) 滇, 滿
Taichung 滇
Tainan 滇, 滿
Hsinchu 滇
Kinmen 滇
Penghu (Magong) 滇
Singapore (Hokkien) 滇, 滿
Chaozhou 滿, 滇
Wu Suzhou 滿
Wenzhou 滿
Xiang Changsha 滿
Shuangfeng 滿
  • (to satisfy):

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

満

Kyūjitai

滿

Kanji

滿

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

  1. full
  2. fullness
  3. enough
  4. satisfy

Readings

Korean

Hanja

滿 (eumhun 찰 만 (chal man))

  1. Hanja form? of 만 (“full”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

滿: Hán Nôm readings: mãn, mởn, mớn

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