Hanja Analyzer
蔓

蔓 — man

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
덩굴 만
Romanization
man
English
creeping plants, tendrils, vines
Mandarin
màn
Japanese on'yomi
マン, バン
Japanese kun'yomi
はびこ.る つる
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
14
Radical
艸 (140, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
曼(만)
Unicode
U+8513

Parts that make up 蔓

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 曼 길[長] 만sound 눈을 벌리는 두 손 또는 눈 위에 얹은 두 손‘만’ 계열의 소리

How 蔓 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蔓 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 曼.

Korean example words with 蔓

  • 만초蔓草 Korean gloss: 덩굴이 뻗는 풀
  • 만연蔓延 Korean gloss: 식물의 줄기가 널리 뻗는다는 뜻으로, 전염병이나 나쁜 현상이 널리 퍼짐을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 만생하다蔓生 Korean gloss: 식물의 줄기가 덩굴로 자라다
  • 녹만綠蔓 Korean gloss: 푸른 풀덤불.
  • 번만繁蔓 Korean gloss: 무성하게 뻗음.
  • 만경蔓莖 Korean gloss: 덩굴로 된 줄기.
  • 야만野蔓 Korean gloss: 들판에서 덩굴져 자라는 풀.
  • 만성蔓性 Korean gloss: 식물의 줄기가 덩굴지는 성질.
  • 자만子蔓 Korean gloss: 덩굴 식물의 원줄기에서 처음으로 갈라져 나온 줄기.
  • 만목蔓木 Korean gloss: 덩굴이 벋어 나가는 나무. 칡, 등나무 따위가 있다.
  • 친만親蔓 Korean gloss: 오이, 참외, 멜론, 수박 등 덩굴성 작물의 일차 덩굴.
  • 만절蔓切 Korean gloss: 열매를 크게 하기 위하여 덩굴에서 쓸모없는 부분을 잘라 내는 일.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 蔓

  • 蔓延まんえん spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation
  • 蔓延るはびこる to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread
  • 蔓つる vine; bine; tendril
  • 手蔓てづる connections; contacts; influence
  • 蔦蔓つたかずら ivy and vines; creepers
  • 蔓草つるくさ vine; creeper
  • 藤蔓ふじづる wisteria vine
  • 靫蔓うつぼかずら pitcher plant
  • 蔓生まんせい creeping (i.e. growing along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)
  • 蝦蔓えびづる Vitis ficifolia (species of grapevine)
  • 蔓巻つるまき zebra sole (Zebrias zebrinus)
  • 蔓穂つるぼ Scilla scilloides (species of squill)

Characters sharing the phonetic 曼

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “만” in Korean.

Other hanja read “만”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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