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Translingual
Han character
儘 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人中一廿 (OLMT), four-corner 25217, composition ⿰亻盡)
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
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 盡 (OC *ʔslinʔ, *zlinʔ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
儘
- utmost; extreme; furthest
- to do one's utmost; to do all one can; to do one's best
- to give priority to
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
儘
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 侭)
- as it is
Readings
Etymology
Alternative spellings
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随 任 侭
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Sound shift from 随 (manima, “state of following other's will or the way things develop”).
Pronunciation
Noun
儘 or 儘 • (mama or manma)
- the same, unchanged state; state as it is
- チャンネルはそのままで!
- Channeru wa sono mama de!
- Stay tuned!
- (literally, “ the channel as it is!”)
- 生のままでウィスキーを飲む
- nama no mama de wisukī o nomu
- to drink whiskey straight
- (mostly in the form 儘になる (mama ni naru)) the desired or ideal state; freedom
- こう物価高だと買物も儘にならない。
- Kō bukka-daka da to kaimono mo mama ni naranai.
- With prices so high, even shopping becomes difficult to do as one wishes.
- act of leaving things as it is
- 成すが儘
- nasu ga mama
- as things unfold / as circumstances dictate
- (writing and editing) ママ: sic, as it is
- 北川さんの「見っけた写真」〔ママ〕
- Kitagawa-san no “mikketa shashin”〔mama〕
- Ms. Kitagawa's “finded pictures”
Usage notes
- Used in phrases with the literary particle が:—
- 思うがままに生きる ― omou ga mama ni ikiru ― to live freely (in accordance with whatever one thinks)
- 我がまま ― wagamama ― (doing) as one wants to — selfish
- 言われるがまま ― iwareru ga mama ― (doing) as one is told
- For sense 3, …とも儘よ (... to mo mama yo) or …と儘よ (... to mama yo) was mostly used in the past.
Derived terms
- まま (mama, conjunctive particle)
- 儘よ (mama yo)
- 意のまま (i no mama)
- 縦 (hoshiimama)
References
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
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