# 瞞

| 瞞 | U+779E, &#30622; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-779E |
| ← 瞝 [U+779D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 瞟 → [U+779F] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 瞞 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𥈞 |
| Simplified | 瞒 |

### Han character

瞞 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月山廿中月 (BUTLB), four-corner 6402$_7$, composition ⿰目㒼)

#### Derived characters

* 𤃞

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 816, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23649
* Dae Jaweon: page 1229, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2509, character 7
* Unihan data for U+779E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 芇 | *men, *meːnʔ, *maːn |
| 蹣 | *boːn, *moːn |
| 瞞 | *moːn |
| 顢 | *moːn |
| 樠 | *moːn, *mon, *muːn |
| 慲 | *moːn |
| 鬗 | *moːn, *mons |
| 滿 | *moːnʔ |
| 鏋 | *moːnʔ |
| 懣 | *moːnʔ, *muːnʔ, *muːns |
| 璊 | *muːn |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *moːn) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 㒼 (mán, “to cover something carefully and tightly without a break”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mán (man$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mun$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): màn
* Eastern Min (BUC): muàng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): boân / môa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): muan$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$moe / $^2$moe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mán
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mán
*** Wade–Giles: man$^2$
*** Yale: mán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man
*** Palladius: мань (manʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /män³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mun$^4$
*** Yale: mùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mun$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /muːn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: màn
*** Hakka Romanization System: man$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: man$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /man¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: muàng
*** Sinological IPA : /muaŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boân
*** Tâi-lô: buân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boaan
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /buan¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /buan²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa
*** Tâi-lô: muâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: moaa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /muã²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /muã¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /muã²⁴/
* boân - literary;
* môa - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: man
Rime :
| Character | 瞞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 母官切 |
| Baxter | man |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /muɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mwan/ |
| Li Rong | /muɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /muɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /muɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤ[o][r]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*moːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 瞞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ man › |
| Old Chinese | /*mˁ[o][r]/ |
| English | be deceived |
| 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 | 瞞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9033 |
| Phonetic component | 芇 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 瞞 |
| Old Chinese | /*moːn/ |
| Notes | 朱駿聲芇聲 |

### Definitions

瞞
* to deceive; to lie; to conceal
    欺瞞／欺瞒 ― qīmán ― to deceive, to dupe
    隱瞞／隐瞒 ― yǐnmán ― to conceal; to hide; to cover up
    不瞞您說／不瞒您说 ― bù mán nín shuō ― to tell you the truth
       jyun$^4$ loi$^4$ nei$^5$ dei$^6$ loeng$^5$ go$^3$ paak$^3$ zo$^2$ to$^1$ loeng$^5$ nin$^4$ gaa$^4$ laa$^4$? zou$^6$ me$^1$ mun$^4$ zyu$^6$ ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ gam$^3$ noi$^6$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       You two have been dating for two years? How come you've been keeping that from us for so long?
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) eyes half-closed

#### Synonyms

* (to deceive):
* 作假 (zuòjiǎ)
* 作偽 / 作伪 (zuòwěi)
* 使手路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 創戇 / 创戆 (Hokkien)
* 創戇仔 / 创戆仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 哄騙 / 哄骗 (hǒngpiàn)
* 壅蔽 (yōngbì) (literary)
* 打哄 (da$^3$ hong$^3$) (Xiang)
* 拆白 (chāibái) (dialectal)
* 拐騙 / 拐骗 (guǎipiàn)
* 日哄 (reh$^4$ hung$^2$) (Jin)
* 梟人 / 枭人 (Hakka)
* 棍騙 / 棍骗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 欺瞞 / 欺瞒 (qīmán)
* 欺詐 / 欺诈 (qīzhà)
* 欺騙 / 欺骗 (qīpiàn)
* 瞞哄 / 瞒哄 (mánhǒng)
* 瞞騙 / 瞒骗 (mánpiàn)
* 矇人 / 蒙人 (mēngrén)
* 矇混 / 蒙混 (ménghùn)
* 矇蔽 / 蒙蔽 (méngbì)
* 矇騙 / 蒙骗 (mēngpiàn)
* 糊弄 (hùnong) (colloquial)
* 耍花招 (shuǎ huāzhāo)
* 脫人 / 脱人 (tŏ̤-nêng) (Northern Min)
* 行騙 / 行骗 (xíngpiàn)
* 訛詐 / 讹诈 (ézhà)
* 詐騙 / 诈骗 (zhàpiàn)
* 誆騙 / 诓骗 (kuāngpiàn)
* 誑 / 诳 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 誘騙 / 诱骗 (yòupiàn)
* 誑騙 / 诳骗 (kuángpiàn)
* 變戲法 / 变戏法 (biàn xìfǎ) (figurative)
* 賺 / 赚 (zuàn) (colloquial)
* 騙 / 骗 (piàn)
* 騙人 / 骗人 (piànrén)

#### Compounds

* 不瞞 / 不瞒
* 不瞞你說 / 不瞒你说
* 唬鬼瞞神 / 唬鬼瞒神
* 實不相瞞 / 实不相瞒 (shíbùxiāngmán)
* 廝瞞 / 厮瞒
* 抵死瞞生 / 抵死瞒生
* 掩瞞 / 掩瞒
* 昧地瞞天 / 昧地瞒天
* 昧己瞞心 / 昧己瞒心
* 欺三瞞四 / 欺三瞒四
* 欺瞞 / 欺瞒 (qīmán)
* 欺瞞夾帳 / 欺瞒夹帐
* 瞞上欺下 / 瞒上欺下
* 瞞人 / 瞒人
* 瞞人眼目 / 瞒人眼目
* 瞞住 / 瞒住
* 瞞卻 / 瞒却
* 瞞哄 / 瞒哄 (mánhǒng)
* 瞞報 / 瞒报 (mánbào)
* 瞞天席地 / 瞒天席地
* 瞞天昧地 / 瞒天昧地
* 瞞天過海 / 瞒天过海 (mántiānguòhǎi)
* 瞞心昧己 / 瞒心昧己
* 瞞昧 / 瞒昧
* 瞞眼畫 / 瞒眼画
* 瞞瞞然 / 瞒瞒然
* 瞞神嚇鬼 / 瞒神吓鬼
* 瞞神弄鬼 / 瞒神弄鬼
* 瞞神諕鬼 / 瞒神𬤀鬼
* 瞞親 / 瞒亲
* 瞞貨 / 瞒货
* 瞞騙 / 瞒骗 (mánpiàn)
* 瞞魍魎 / 瞒魍魉
* 遮瞞 / 遮瞒
* 阿瞞 / 阿瞒 (Āmán)
* 隱瞞 / 隐瞒 (yǐnmán)

#### References

* “瞞”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* deception

#### Readings

* Go-on: まん (man)
* Kan-on: ばん (ban)
* On: ぼん (bon)
* Kun: だます (damasu, 瞞す)、あざむく (azamuku, 瞞く)、かたる (kataru, 瞞る)

## Korean
### Hanja

瞞 • (man) (hangeul 만, revised man, McCune–Reischauer man, Yale man)
* deceive
* lie
* eyes half-closed

## Vietnamese
### Han character

瞞: Hán Nôm readings: man
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