曼

曼 (Kangxi radical 73, 曰+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 日田中水 (AWLE), four-corner 6040₇, composition ⿳曰罒又(GJK) or ⿳⺜罒又(HT))

1. long, extended, vast
2. beautiful

• 漫 慢 饅 (馒) 鰻 (鳗) 謾 (谩) 槾 鏝 (镘) 墁 嫚 熳 𠼦 𤛔 獌 縵 (缦) 䡬, 𨢥, 𪉽
• 蔓 𩅍 鬘 𰁛

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 503, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14298
• Dae Jaweon: page 876, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 399, character 15
• Unihan data for U+66FC

Historical forms of the character 曼
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Perhaps two hands opening an eye, or two hands over the eyebrows to indicate the eyes looking at a wide place. The second interpretation links this character to 看, a hand over an eye.

曼

1. long; extended; drawn-out

   • 韓娥因曼聲哀哭，一里老幼悲愁垂涕相對，三日不食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     韩娥因曼声哀哭，一里老幼悲愁垂涕相对，三日不食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

     Hán É yīn mànshēng āikū, yī lǐ lǎoyòu bēichóu chuítì xiàngduì, sānrì bù shí. [Pinyin]

     Han E, full of hurt, thus cried out in long wailing songs, and people of the neighbourhood found themselves sad, desolate, and full of tears, and for three days they were unable to eat.

2. handsome; beautiful; refined

   曼妙  ―  mànmiào  ―  graceful; beautiful

   • 曼理皓齒，說情而捐精。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     曼理皓齿，说情而捐精。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Màn lǐ hào chǐ, yuè qíng ér juān jīng. [Pinyin]

     The beauty having delicate skin and pretty white teeth pleases feeling but exhausts energy.

   • 今雖欲自雕琢，曼辭以自飾，無益於俗，不信，適足取辱耳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今虽欲自雕琢，曼辞以自饰，无益于俗，不信，适足取辱耳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1st century BCE, Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. Translated by Burton Watson.

     Jīn suī yù zì diāozhuó, màn cí yǐ zìshì, wúyì yú sú, bùxìn, shì zú qǔ rǔ ěr. [Pinyin]

     Now although I might try to add glory and fame to myself, or with fine words seek to excuse my error, it would have no effect on the vulgar. I would not be believed, but would only take upon myself further shame.

3. a surname

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “曼”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 151.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: まん (man)、もん (mon)
• Kan-on: ばん (ban)
• Kun: ながい (nagai, 曼い)、ひく (hiku, 曼く)、ひろい (hiroi, 曼い)

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

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曼: Hán Nôm readings: man, mạn

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