蔓

蔓	U+8513, 蔓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8513

← 蔒
[U+8512]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蔔 →
[U+8514]

Translingual

Han character

蔓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿日田水 (TAWE), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱艹曼)

References

KangXi: page 1054, character 6

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31784

Dae Jaweon: page 1516, character 29

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3278, character 5

Unihan data for U+8513

Chinese

trad.		蔓
simp. ^#		蔓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (曼) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
獌	mroːn, moːns, *mons
鬘	*mroːn
謾	mroːn, mroːns, mon, moːn, *moːns
慢	*mroːns
嫚	*mroːns
縵	mroːns, moːns
曼	moːn, mons
饅	*moːn
蔓	moːn, mons
鰻	moːn, mons
墁	moːn, moːns
鏝	moːn, moːns
槾	*moːn
漫	*moːns
幔	*moːns
蟃	*mons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *moːn, *mons) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 曼 (OC *moːn, *mons).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màn, wàn (man⁴, wan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ, ㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶
Min Dong (BUC): mâng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bān / boān / mōa
(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuêng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màn
  - Wade–Giles: man⁴
  - Yale: màn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mann
  - Palladius: мань (manʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàn
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴
  - Yale: wàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wann
  - Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶
  - Yale: maahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān
  - Tâi-lô: bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ban
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ban²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ban³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boān
  - Tâi-lô: buān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /buan²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mōa
  - Tâi-lô: muā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moa
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /muã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /muã²²/

Note: bān/boān - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuêng⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bueŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /mʉɐn^H/

Rime
Character	蔓
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	無販切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muan^H/
Li Rong	/miuɐn^H/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ma[n]-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*mons/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蔓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàn
Middle Chinese	‹ mjon^H ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ma[n]-s/
English	creep; creeping plant
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	蔓
Reading #	2/2
No.	8755
Phonetic component	曼
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	万
Old Chinese	/*mons/

Definitions

蔓

vine; creeper
to spread; to extend
a surname

Compounds

不蔓不支
不蔓不枝 (bùmànbùzhī)
孳蔓
延蔓
抱蔓摘瓜
枝蔓 (zhīmàn)
滋蔓 (zīmàn)
瓜蔓抄
翻蔓
胡蔓草
胡蔓藤

莽榛蔓草
蔓延 (mànyán)
蔓生
蔓生植物
蔓草 (màncǎo)
蔓蔓
蔓藤 (mànténg)
蔓衍
藤蔓 (téngwàn)
野有蔓草

壓蔓／压蔓
枝詞蔓語／枝词蔓语
滋蔓難圖／滋蔓难图
花蔓兒／花蔓儿
荒煙蔓草／荒烟蔓草
蔓徑荒草／蔓径荒草
蔓綠絨／蔓绿绒
蔓荊／蔓荆
蔓詞／蔓词
蔓說／蔓说

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mán (man²)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁴
Min Dong (BUC): muàng
Min Nan (POJ): bān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mán
  - Wade–Giles: man²
  - Yale: mán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man
  - Palladius: мань (manʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁴
  - Yale: màahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: muàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muaŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān
  - Tâi-lô: bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ban
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³/

Middle Chinese: /muɑn/

Rime
Character	蔓
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	母官切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwan/
Li Rong	/muɑn/
Wang Li	/muɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mun⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*moːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔓
Reading #	1/2
No.	8743
Phonetic component	曼
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	瞞
Old Chinese	/*moːn/

Definitions

蔓

Only used in 蔓菁 (mánjing, “turnip”).

Japanese

Kanji

蔓

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

vine

Readings

Go-on: まん (man)^{←まん (man, historical)}; もん (mon)^{←もん (mon, historical)}
Kan-on: ばん (ban)^{←ばん (ban, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: まん (man)^{←まん (man, historical)}
Kun: つる (tsuru, 蔓); のびる (nobiru, 蔓びる); かずら (kazura, 蔓)^{←かづら (kadura, historical)}; かづら (kazura, 蔓); つら (tsura, 蔓)
Nanori: し (shi)

Compounds

蔓(まん)延(えん), 蔓(まん)衍(えん) (man'en)
蔓(まん)生(せい) (mansei)
蔓(まん)菁(せい) (mansei)
蔓(まん)説(せつ) (mansetsu)
蔓(まん)草(そう) (mansō)
蔓(まん)纏(てん) (manten)
蔓(まん)蔓(まん) (manman)
延(えん)蔓(まん) (enman) (延(えん)曼(まん))
枝(し)蔓(まん) (shiman)
滋(じ)蔓(まん) (jiman) (滋(じ)曼(まん))
蕪(ぶ)蔓(まん) (buman) (蕪(ぶ)漫(まん))
蘿(ら)蔓(まん) (raman)

Korean

Hanja

蔓 • (man) (hangeul 만, revised man, McCune–Reischauer man, Yale man)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蔓 (mạn, mơn)