màn
curtain
Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 幔
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
(geology) (the earth's) mantle | ||
curtain | ||
drapery | ||
curtain | ||
curtain |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*mˤa[n]-s | manH | màn | curtain, tent |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3538th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+5E54 |
Shuowen | “幔，幕也。从巾，曼聲。” |
Sources
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