蠻

See also: 蛮

蠻	U+883B, 蠻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-883B

← 蠺
[U+883A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蠼 →
[U+883C]

Translingual

Han character

蠻 (radical 142, 虫+19, 25 strokes, cangjie input 女火中一戈 (VFLMI), four-corner 2213₆, composition ⿱䜌虫)

Derived characters

䂅, 𢦈, 𢺳, 𥾃, 𧖣, 𧖦, 𪈿

References

KangXi: page 1104, character 25

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33914

Dae Jaweon: page 1567, character 18

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2909, character 21

Unihan data for U+883B

Chinese

trad.		蠻
simp.		蛮
alt. forms		滿／满 “quite”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (䜌) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
蠻	*mroːn
矕	*mroːnʔ
變	*prons
鸞	*b·roːn
巒	*b·roːn
灤	*b·roːn
欒	*b·roːn
鑾	*b·roːn
臠	b·roːn, b·ronʔ
羉	*b·roːn
䜌	b·roːn, b·ron, *b·rons
灓	b·roːn, b·roːns, *b·rons
圝	*b·roːn
曫	*b·roːn
孿	smroːns, smrons
彎	*qroːn
灣	*qroːn
攣	*b·ron
孌	b·ronʔ, b·rons
戀	*b·rons
㪻	pʰlons, klons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mroːn) : phonetic 䜌 (OC *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons) + semantic 虫 (“snake”).

Etymology

Possibly related to Burmese မြန်မာ (mranma, “Myanmar; Burma; Burmese”), Tibetan བྲན (bran, “servant, slave”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mán (man²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): bân
Wu (Wiktionary): me (T3); 'me (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ
  - Wade–Giles: man²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁴
  - Yale: màahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bân
  - Tâi-lô: bân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: me (T3); 'me (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /me̞²³/, /ʔme̞⁵³/

Note:

1'me - “very; quite”.

Middle Chinese: /mˠan/▼

Rime
Character	蠻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫還切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨn/
Li Rong	/man/
Wang Li	/man/
Bernard Karlgren	/man/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mán

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤro[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*mroːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蠻
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mán
Middle Chinese	‹ maen ›
Old Chinese	/*mˤro[n]/
English	southern foreigner
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠻
Reading #	1/1
No.	8610
Phonetic component	
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	蠻
Old Chinese	/*mroːn/
Notes	金文作

Definitions

蠻

(historical, derogatory) A collective name for all the non-Han ethnic groups in modern-day southern China.
南蠻 / 南蛮 ― nánmán ― the Southern barbarians
barbarous; savage; uncivilised
rough; rude; unreasonable
野蠻 / 野蛮 ― yěmán ― uncivilised; rude and unreasonable
valiantly; uncouthly; vulgarly
胡攪蠻纏 / 胡搅蛮缠 ― hújiǎománchán ― to pester somebody endlessly
(dialectal, colloquial) very; quite
儂好𠲎？我蠻好。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
侬好𠲎？我蛮好。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
[nʊŋ³³ hɔ³⁴ v̻a̱ ŋv̩ʷ²³ ʔme̞⁵³ hɔ³⁴] [IPA]
How are you? I'm very well.

蠻好吃 / 蛮好吃 ― mán hǎochī ― pretty tasty

Synonyms

(very):

Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very; quite”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		非常、很、十分、太
Mandarin	Beijing	挺、很、倍兒
	Taiwan	很、挺
	Tianjin	挺、很
	Jinan	挺、楞
	Xi'an	很
	Wuhan	蠻、很
	Chengdu	很、好
	Yangzhou	蠻、稀、很
	Hefei	很
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好
	Hong Kong	好
	Taishan	好
	Yangjiang	好
Gan	Nanchang	蠻
Hakka	Meixian	好
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當、已、還
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	蓋、盡、還
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	當、已、還
	Dongshi (Dabu)	當、已、還
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	當、已、還
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	足、真、實在
Jin	Taiyuan	很、挺
Min Bei	Jian'ou	真
Min Dong	Fuzhou	野、真
Min Nan	Xiamen	真、野、誠、有夠
	Quanzhou	真、野、誠、有夠
	Zhangzhou	盡、蓋、足、足範、有夠
	Taipei	真、誠
	Kaohsiung	有夠、足、真、誠、蓋
	Tainan	有夠、足、真、誠、蓋
	Taichung	誠、蓋、足
	Hsinchu	真、誠
	Lukang	真、誠
	Sanxia	真、誠
	Yilan	有夠、足、誠、盡
	Kinmen	足、誠
	Magong	真、誠
	Penang	真、誠、真正
	Chaozhou	過
Wu	Shanghai	蠻、老
	Suzhou	蠻
	Wenzhou	蠻、蒙、顯
Xiang	Changsha	很、蠻
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蠻

Compounds

乃蠻／乃蛮
刁蠻／刁蛮 (diāomán)
南蠻／南蛮 (Nánmán)
南蠻子／南蛮子
南蠻鴃舌／南蛮𫛞舌
小蠻／小蛮
拗蠻／拗蛮
橫蠻／横蛮
橫蠻無理／横蛮无理
獅蠻／狮蛮 (shīmán)
百蠻／百蛮
綿蠻／绵蛮
胡攪蠻纏／胡搅蛮缠 (hújiǎománchán)
荊蠻／荆蛮
蒲蠻／蒲蛮

蠻人／蛮人 (mánrén)
蠻做／蛮做
蠻口／蛮口
蠻夷／蛮夷 (mányí)
蠻夷戎狄／蛮夷戎狄 (mányí róngdí)
蠻奴／蛮奴
蠻子／蛮子 (Mánzi)
蠻幹／蛮干 (mángàn)
蠻族／蛮族
蠻書／蛮书
蠻橫／蛮横 (mánhèng)
蠻江／蛮江
蠻牋／蛮牋
蠻牛／蛮牛
蠻皮／蛮皮 (mánpí)

蠻箋／蛮笺
蠻纏／蛮缠 (mánchán)
蠻聲哈剌／蛮声哈剌
蠻腰／蛮腰
蠻荒／蛮荒
蠻蠻／蛮蛮
蠻觸／蛮触
蠻觸之爭／蛮触之争
蠻觸相爭／蛮触相争
蠻話／蛮话
蠻貊／蛮貊
蠻針瞎灸／蛮针瞎灸
蠻靴／蛮靴
觸蠻／触蛮
野蠻／野蛮 (yěmán)

Citations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:蠻.

Japanese

Shinjitai	蛮
Kyūjitai	蠻

Kanji

蠻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蛮)

barbarian

Readings

On (unclassified): ばん (ban)

Kun: えびす (ebisu)

Korean

Hanja

蠻 • (man) (hangeul 만, revised man, McCune–Reischauer man, Yale man)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蠻 (man, mán, mơn)

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