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See also:
U+5118, 儘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5118

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
(extended)
Simplified

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人中一廿 (OLMT), four-corner 25217, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 120, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1234
  • Dae Jaweon: page 253, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 232, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5118

Chinese

trad. /*
simp. *
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic + phonetic (OC *ʔslinʔ, *zlinʔ).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. utmost; extreme; furthest
  2. to do one's utmost; to do all one can; to do one's best
  3. to give priority to

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. as it is

Readings

  • Go-on: じん (jin)
  • Kan-on: しん (shin)
  • Kun: ことごとく (kotogotoku, 儘く)まま (mama, )

Etymology

Kanji in this term
まま
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings


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Sound shift from (まにま) (manima, state of following other's will or the way things develop).

Pronunciation

Noun

(まま) or (まんま) (mama or manma

  1. the same, unchanged state; state as it is
    チャンネルそのまま
    Channeru wa sono mama de!
    Stay tuned!
    (literally, “ the channel as it is!”)
    (なま)ままウィスキー()
    nama no mama de wisukī o nomu
    to drink whiskey straight
  2. (mostly in the form なる (mama ni naru)) the desired or ideal state; freedom
    こう(ぶっ)()(だか)(かい)(もの)(まま)にならない
    Kō bukka-daka da to kaimono mo mama ni naranai.
    With prices so high, even shopping becomes difficult to do as one wishes.
  3. act of leaving things as it is
    ()(まま)
    nasu ga mama
    as things unfold / as circumstances dictate
  4. (writing and editing) ママ: sic, as it is
    (きた)(がわ)さんの「()っけた(しゃ)(しん)」〔ママ
    Kitagawa-san no “mikketa shashin”〔mama
    Ms. Kitagawa's “finded pictures”

Usage notes

  • Used in phrases with the literary particle :—
    (おも)まま()きるomou ga mama ni ikiruto live freely (in accordance with whatever one thinks)
    ()ままwagamama(doing) as one wants to — selfish
    ()われるままiwareru ga mama(doing) as one is told
  • For sense 3, …とも (... to mo mama yo) or …と (... to mama yo) was mostly used in the past.

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eum (jin))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: tẫn

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