蔓

màn · mán

creeper · to spread

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 14

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Less common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄荒若

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Character Decomposition

蔓=艹+曼

Etymology

A long 曼 plant 艹 ; 曼 also provides the pronunciation

Meanings2 pronunciations

màn

creeper

to spread

mán

used in 蔓菁 mán jing

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Words with 蔓 62 total

turnip蔓菁mán jing trailing plant · liana · creeper · overgrown蔓生màn shēng branches and tendrils · fig. overcomplicated or digressive枝蔓zhī màn to grow and spread滋蔓zī màn to extend · to spread蔓延màn yán creeper · climbing plant · twiner蔓草màn cǎo vine · also pr. téng wàn藤蔓téng màn cranberry蔓越橘màn yuè jú cranberry蔓越莓màn yuè méi lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds · desolate (idiom)荒烟蔓草huāng yān màn cǎo

Idioms with 蔓 15 total Chain

lit. to pick melons by following the vine (idiom) · fig. to expand a case and implicate innocent people; to involve others in trouble抱蔓摘瓜bào wàn zhāi guā

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