màn

free, unrestrained

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

曼 sound component

  Sound component

màn

  

long

Evolution

漫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
漫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

màn

overflow of water; spreading; free; unrestrained; to inundate

Most common words with 漫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

浪漫

romantic

漫画

caricature

漫长

very long

free

漫步

to wander