蛮

mán

m+án·2nd tone

barbarian · bullying

Radical: 虫 Strokes: 12 HSK 7-9

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

虫蛇蛋蚁蜡融蜜螺蝉蚕虾蟠

Same radical

虫蛇蛋蚁蜡融蜜螺蝉蚕虾蟠蜀蟹蜂

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Character Decomposition

蛮=亦+虫

Etymology

Like 亦 insects 虫

Meanings

barbarian

bullying

very

quite

rough

reckless

mán

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Words with 蛮 211 total

to pester · to bother endlessly蛮缠mán chán foreign mission (in former times) · residence of barbarian emissary蛮邸mán dǐ to act rashly · to act precipitously regardless of the consequences · reckless · foolhardy · daredevil蛮干mán gàn rude and violent · fierce and reckless蛮悍mán hàn rude and unreasonable蛮横mán hèng savage · wild · uncivilized territory蛮荒mán huāng

Idioms with 蛮 14 total Chain

constant bickering and fighting (idiom); constantly at each other's throats · struggle for personal gain触斗蛮争chù dòu mán zhēng (idiom) to pester endlessly胡搅蛮缠hú jiǎo mán chán completely unreasonable蛮不讲理mán bù jiǎng lǐ rude and unreasonable蛮横无理mán hèng wú lǐ

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