馒
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used in 饅頭|馒头[man2 tou5]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 食 +11
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 饅
- Common rank
- #4,408
- Unicode
- U+9992
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
bread · Heisig RSH #2523
食 food + mandala
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 馒
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吃人血馒头 | to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom) | |
| 不蒸馒头争口气 | not to be crushed (idiom); to be determined to have one's revenge | |
| 馒头 | steamed bun |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 曼 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曼 sound part | long, extended, vast; beautiful | |
| 慢 | slowly, leisurely; sluggish | |
| 漫 | inundating; exaggerated | |
| 鳗 | eel | |
| 幔 | curtain, screen, tent | |
| 嫚 | to scorn, to despise; to be rude to, to affront | |
| 谩 | to slight, to insult; to deceive | |
| 熳 | to spread | |
| 缦 | plain silk; simple, plain | |
| 墁 | to plaster; to pave | |
| 镘 | trowel |