慢

慢 U+6162, 慢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6162
← 慡
[U+6161]
CJK Unified Ideographs 慣 →
[U+6163]

Translingual

Stroke order
14 strokes

Han character

慢 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心日田水 (PAWE), four-corner 96047, composition ⿰忄曼)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 399, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11110
  • Dae Jaweon: page 738, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2346, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6162

Chinese

trad. 慢
simp. # 慢
2nd round simp. 𭜌
alternative forms 僈

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mroːns) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 曼 (OC *moːn, *mons) – a character trait or behavior (of the heart), sluggish. Note that 曼 also means “long, extended”, so connotations of “take a long time, leisurely, sluggish”.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • mâing - vernacular;
  • mâng - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 慢
Mandarin Beijing /man⁵¹/
Harbin /man⁵³/
Tianjin /man⁵³/
Jinan /mã²¹/
Qingdao /mã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /man³¹²/
Xi'an /mã⁴⁴/
Xining /mã²¹³/
Yinchuan /man¹³/
Lanzhou /mɛ̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /man²¹³/
Wuhan /man³⁵/
Chengdu /man¹³/
Guiyang /man²¹³/
Kunming /mã̠²¹²/
Nanjing /maŋ⁴⁴/
Hefei /mæ̃⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /mæ̃⁴⁵/
Pingyao /mɑŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /mæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /me²³/
Suzhou /me̞³¹/
Hangzhou /mẽ̞¹³/
Wenzhou /ma²²/
Hui Shexian /mɛ²²/
Tunxi /muːə¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /man⁵⁵/
/man¹¹/
Xiangtan /man²¹/
Gan Nanchang /man²¹/
Hakka Meixian /man⁵³/
Taoyuan /mɑn⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /man²²/
Nanning /man²²/
Hong Kong /man²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ban²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /maiŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /maiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /maŋ³¹/
Haikou (Hainanese) /maŋ²³/

Rime
Character 慢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 刪 (69)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 謨晏切
Baxter maenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠanH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚanH/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɐnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/maɨnH/
Li
Rong
/manH/
Wang
Li
/manH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/manH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
màn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maan6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 慢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
màn
Middle
Chinese
‹ mænH ›
Old
Chinese
/*mˁra[n]-s/
English disrespectful

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 慢
Reading # 1/1
No. 8735
Phonetic
component
曼
Rime
group
元
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
慢
Old
Chinese
/*mroːns/

Definitions

慢

  1. slow; sluggish
    你能開慢一點嗎? [MSC, trad.]
    你能开慢一点吗? [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ néng kāi màn yīdiǎn ma? [Pinyin]
    Can you drive slower?
    這錶慢了三分鐘。 [MSC, trad.]
    这表慢了三分钟。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè biǎo màn le sān fēnzhōng. [Pinyin]
    This watch is three minutes slow.
  2. rude; proud; disrespectful
    怠慢  ―  dàimàn  ―  to snub
    輕慢/轻慢  ―  qīngmàn  ―  arrogant
  3. (of time zones) to be behind
    Antonym: 快 (kuài)
  4. (literary) slack; sluggish; remiss; idle
  5. (Teochew) late

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “slow”): 快 (kuài)

Compounds

  • 且慢 (qiěmàn)
  • 侮慢 (wǔmàn)
  • 倨傲怠慢
  • 倨慢
  • 停雲慢步/停云慢步
  • 傲慢 (àomàn)
  • 傲賢慢士/傲贤慢士
  • 堊慢/垩慢
  • 多慢
  • 婆婆慢慢
  • 媟慢
  • 廢慢/废慢
  • 待慢
  • 忤慢
  • 怠慢 (dàimàn)
  • 悖慢
  • 惰慢 (duòmàn)
  • 慆慢
  • 慢世
  • 慢仗
  • 慢俄延
  • 慢功
  • 慢動作/慢动作 (màndòngzuò)
  • 慢半拍
  • 慢吐蓮/慢吐莲
  • 慢吞吞 (màntūntūn)
  • 慢哼哼
  • 慢坡
  • 慢帳/慢帐
  • 慢張/慢张
  • 慢待 (màndài)
  • 慢性 (mànxìng)
  • 慢性子 (mànxìngzi)
  • 慢性病 (mànxìngbìng)
  • 慢性自殺/慢性自杀
  • 慢悠悠 (mànyōuyōu)
  • 慢惰 (mànduò)
  • 慢慢
  • 慢慢來/慢慢来
  • 慢慢兒/慢慢儿 (mànmānr)
  • 慢慢吞吞
  • 慢慢騰騰/慢慢腾腾
  • 慢手慢腳/慢手慢脚
  • 慢散
  • 慢易
  • 慢曲
  • 慢板 (mànbǎn)
  • 慢條廝禮/慢条厮礼
  • 慢條斯理/慢条斯理 (màntiáosīlǐ)
  • 慢條斯禮/慢条斯礼
  • 慢條絲禮/慢条丝礼
  • 慢步 (mànbù)
  • 慢火 (mànhuǒ)
  • 慢班 (mànbān)
  • 慢用 (mànyòng)
  • 慢聲/慢声
  • 慢臉/慢脸
  • 慢藏誨盜/慢藏诲盗
  • 慢表
  • 慢詞/慢词
  • 慢說/慢说
  • 慢調/慢调
  • 慢調子/慢调子
  • 慢走 (mànzǒu)
  • 慢跑 (mànpǎo)
  • 慢車/慢车 (mànchē)
  • 慢車道/慢车道
  • 慢速 (mànsù)
  • 慢遊/慢游
  • 慢郎中
  • 慢騰斯禮/慢腾斯礼
  • 慢騰騰/慢腾腾 (mànténgténg)
  • 慢驚風/慢惊风
  • 慢點兒/慢点儿
  • 懈慢
  • 放慢 (fàngmàn)
  • 放慢線兒/放慢线儿
  • 款慢
  • 減慢/减慢 (jiǎnmàn)
  • 眉低眼慢
  • 眼慢
  • 簡慢/简慢 (jiǎnmàn)
  • 細嚼慢嚥/细嚼慢咽 (xìjiáomànyàn)
  • 緊七慢八/紧七慢八
  • 緊打慢敲/紧打慢敲
  • 緩慢/缓慢 (huǎnmàn)
  • 臉慢/脸慢
  • 輕吞慢吐/轻吞慢吐
  • 輕慢/轻慢 (qīngmàn)
  • 輕攏慢撚/轻拢慢撚
  • 輕歌慢舞/轻歌慢舞
  • 輕賢慢士/轻贤慢士
  • 逋慢
  • 鈍刀慢剮/钝刀慢剐
  • 驕慢/骄慢 (jiāomàn)
  • 高慢 (gāomàn)

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji

慢

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. (おそい) slow
  2. (おこたる) negligent
  3. (あなどる、おごる) arrogant

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

慢 (eumhun 게으를 만 (geeureul man))

  1. Hanja form? of 만 (“slow, leisurely, sluggish”).

Vietnamese

Han character

慢: Hán Nôm readings: mạn, mắn

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