蠻
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See also: 蛮
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Translingual
Han character
蠻 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+19, 25 strokes, cangjie input 女火中一戈 (VFLMI), four-corner 22136, composition ⿱龻虫)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1104, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33914
- Dae Jaweon: page 1567, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2909, character 21
- Unihan data for U+883B
Chinese
| trad. | 蠻 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 蛮 | |
| alternative forms | 滿／满 “quite” | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mroːn) : phonetic 䜌 (OC *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons) + semantic 虫 (“snake”).
Etymology
Possibly related to Burmese မြန်မာ (mranma, “Myanmar; Burma; Burmese”), Tibetan བྲན (bran, “servant, slave”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maan4
- Gan (Wiktionary): man1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): man1
- Eastern Min (BUC): màng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6me / 2me / 1me
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): man2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mán
- Wade–Giles: man2
- Yale: mán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man
- Palladius: мань (manʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /män³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: maan4
- Yale: màahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: maan4
- Guangdong Romanization: man4
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: man1
- Sinological IPA (key): /man⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: màn
- Hakka Romanization System: manˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: man2
- Sinological IPA: /man¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: man1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /mæ̃¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: màng
- Sinological IPA (key): /maŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Note:
- 1me - “very; quite”.
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: man2
- Sinological IPA (key): /man¹³/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: maen
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤro/
- (Zhengzhang): /*mroːn/
Definitions
蠻
- (historical, derogatory) A collective name for all non-Han ethnic groups south of Han areas of China in any given era.
- barbarous; savage; uncivilised
- rough; rude; unreasonable
- rash; hot-headed
- valiantly; uncouthly; vulgarly
- (colloquial) very; quite
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:蠻.
Synonyms
- (rash):
- (very):
Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”)
Compounds
- 乃蠻 / 乃蛮
- 刁蠻 / 刁蛮 (diāomán)
- 南蠻 / 南蛮 (Nánmán)
- 南蠻子 / 南蛮子 (nánmánzi)
- 南蠻鴃舌 / 南蛮𫛞舌 (nánmánjuéshé)
- 小蠻 / 小蛮
- 拗蠻 / 拗蛮 (àomán)
- 橫蠻 / 横蛮 (hèngmán)
- 橫蠻無理 / 横蛮无理 (hèngmánwúlǐ)
- 獅蠻 / 狮蛮 (shīmán)
- 百蠻 / 百蛮
- 綿蠻 / 绵蛮 (miánmán)
- 胡攪蠻纏 / 胡搅蛮缠 (hújiǎománchán)
- 荊蠻 / 荆蛮 (Jīngmán)
- 蒲蠻 / 蒲蛮
- 蠻不講理 / 蛮不讲理 (mánbùjiǎnglǐ)
- 蠻人 / 蛮人 (mánrén)
- 蠻做 / 蛮做
- 蠻力 / 蛮力 (mánlì)
- 蠻口 / 蛮口
- 蠻夷 / 蛮夷 (mányí)
- 蠻夷戎狄 / 蛮夷戎狄 (mányí róngdí)
- 蠻奴 / 蛮奴
- 蠻子 / 蛮子 (mánzi)
- 蠻幹 / 蛮干 (mángàn)
- 蠻族 / 蛮族 (mánzú)
- 蠻書 / 蛮书
- 蠻橫 / 蛮横 (mánhèng)
- 蠻江 / 蛮江
- 蠻牋 / 蛮笺
- 蠻牛 / 蛮牛
- 蠻皮 / 蛮皮 (mánpí)
- 蠻箋 / 蛮笺
- 蠻纏 / 蛮缠 (mánchán)
- 蠻聲哈剌 / 蛮声哈剌
- 蠻腰 / 蛮腰
- 蠻荒 / 蛮荒 (mánhuāng)
- 蠻蠻 / 蛮蛮
- 蠻觸 / 蛮触
- 蠻觸之爭 / 蛮触之争
- 蠻觸相爭 / 蛮触相争
- 蠻話 / 蛮话
- 蠻貊 / 蛮貊
- 蠻針瞎灸 / 蛮针瞎灸 (mánzhēnxiājiǔ)
- 蠻靴 / 蛮靴
- 觸蠻 / 触蛮
- 野蠻 / 野蛮 (yěmán)
References
- “蠻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
| 蛮 | |
| 蠻 |
Kanji
蠻
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蛮)
Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 蠻 (MC maen).
| Historical Readings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading | ||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 만 (Yale: màn) | |
| Middle Korean | ||
| Text | Eumhun | |
| Gloss (hun) | Reading | |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 되〯 (Yale: twǒy) | 만 (Yale: màn) |
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
蠻 (eumhun 오랑캐 만 (orangkae man))
Compounds
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
蠻: Hán Nôm readings: man, mán, mơn
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