mán

barbarians

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

䜌 sound component

  Sound component

luán

  

tie together

Evolution

蠻 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
蠻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蠻 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
蠻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

mán

barbarians; barbarous, savage; barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless

Most common words with 蠻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

very

野蛮

barbarous

蛮横

rude and unreasonable

蛮荒

savage

胡搅蛮缠

to pester endlessly (idiom)