蔓
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(bound form) trailing or climbing stem; vine; (bound form) to spread; to extend
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How 蔓 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A long 曼 plant 艹 ; 曼 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
creeping vine · Heisig RSH #1976
flower + mandala
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 蔓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔓生植物 | màn shēng zhí wù | creeper; climbing plant; twiner |
| 荒烟蔓草 | huāng yān màn cǎo | lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds; desolate (idiom) |
| 蔓生 | màn shēng | trailing plant; liana; creeper; overgrown |
| 蔓草 | màn cǎo | creeper; climbing plant; twiner |
| 蔓延 | màn yán | to spread; to extend |
| 蔓越橘 | màn yuè jú | cranberry |
| 蔓越莓 | màn yuè méi | cranberry |
| 枝蔓 | zhī màn | branches and tendrils; fig. overcomplicated or digressive |
| 藤蔓 | téng wàn | trailing or climbing stem; vine; Taiwan pr. [teng2man4] |
| 滋蔓 | zī màn | (literary) to spread and grow; to proliferate |
| 蔓菁 | mán jing | turnip |