曼

handsome; large; long

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #805 U+66FC

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Two hands 日, 又 pulling an eye open 罒

components: 日罒又

drawn out · Heisig RSH #723

sun + net + crotch — as a component also called: mandala

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 曼 as their sound component

These characters all use 曼 (màn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
曼 sound component	màn	long, extended, vast; beautiful
慢	màn	slowly, leisurely; sluggish
漫	màn	inundating; exaggerated
鳗	mán	eel
幔	màn	curtain, screen, tent
馒	mán	steamed buns; steamed dumplings
嫚	màn	to scorn, to despise; to be rude to, to affront
谩	màn	to slight, to insult; to deceive
熳	màn	to spread
缦	màn	plain silk; simple, plain
墁	màn	to plaster; to pave
镘	màn	trowel

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
安达曼海	Ān dá màn Hǎi	Andaman Sea
塔斯曼尼亚	Tǎ sī màn ní yà	Tasmania
塔斯曼尼亚岛	Tǎ sī màn ní yà Dǎo	Tasmania
罗曼语族	Luó màn yǔ zú	Romance language family
曼德拉	Màn dé lā	Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1…
日耳曼语	Rì ěr màn yǔ	Germanic language
安达曼岛	Ān dá màn Dǎo	Andaman islands; variant of 安達曼群島\|安达曼群岛[An1 da2 man4 Qun2 dao3]
曼达尔	Màn dá ěr	Mandal (city in Agder, Norway)
曼切斯特	Màn qiē sī tè	Manchester; also written 曼徹斯特\|曼彻斯特
安达曼群岛	Ān dá màn Qún dǎo	Andaman Islands
萨拉曼卡	Sà lā màn kǎ	Salamanca, Spain
曼尼托巴	Màn ní tuō bā	Manitoba, province of Canada
曼波鱼	màn bō yú	ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
开曼群岛	Kāi màn Qún dǎo	Cayman Islands
加里曼丹岛	Jiā lǐ màn dān Dǎo	Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)
日耳曼	Rì ěr màn	Germanic
利伯曼	Lì bó màn	Liberman, Lieberman or Liebermann (name)
安曼	Ān màn	Amman, capital of Jordan
加里曼丹	Jiā lǐ màn dān	Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)
罗曼司	luó màn sī	(loanword) romance