谩 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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mán, màn

deceive

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 謾.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

曼 Sound component

màn

long

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

mán

deceive, insult; to deceive

màn

to slander; to be disrespectful; to slight

Most common words with 谩

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	谩骂	to hurl abuse
	谩	to slander

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3924th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Sources