漫

漫 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水日田水 (EAWE), four-corner 3614₇, composition ⿰氵曼)

• 䕕, 𩆓

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 646, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18166
• Dae Jaweon: page 1056, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1721, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6F2B

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moːns) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 曼 (OC *moːn, *mons) – Water overflowing. Note that 曼 (màn) means “vast, extended”, so connotations of “too much water, overflow”.

漫

1. to overflow (of water); to brim over; to flood
2. to be everywhere

   漫天  ―  màntiān  ―  to fill the whole sky

   • 漫江碧透，百舸爭流。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     漫江碧透，百舸争流。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1925, Mao Zedong, 沁園春·長沙

     Màn jiāng bì tòu, bǎi gě zhēng liú. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. long; endless
4. free; casual; unrestrained

   漫談／漫谈  ―  màntán  ―  to chat freely

   漫無目的／漫无目的  ―  mànwúmùde  ―  aimless

5. do not

   漫說／漫说  ―  mànshuō  ―  not to mention

漫

1. Alternative form of 鏝／镘 (màn, “side of a coin without written characters”)

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. Aimlessly, at random, unintentional; ridiculous, caricatural.

• Go-on: まん (man, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ばん (ban)
• Kun: みだりに (midarini, 漫りに); そぞろに (sozoroni, 漫ろに)

漫 (eumhun 질펀할 만 (jilpeonhal man))

1. Hanja form^? of 만 (“overflow of water”).
2. Hanja form^? of 만 (“spreading”).

漫: Hán Việt readings: mạn (莫(mạc)半(bán)切(thiết))[1][2], man[2][3]
漫: Nôm readings: mặn[1][2][3][4][5], mạn[2][3][4], mướn[1][2], mượn[1][2], man[1][3], mẳn[4][5], mớn[4][5], mằn[3], máng[3]

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