# 蔓

| 蔓 | U+8513, &#34067; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8513 |
| ← 蔒 [U+8512] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蔔 → [U+8514] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蔓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿日田水 (TAWE), four-corner 4440$_7$, composition ⿱艹曼)

#### Derived characters

* 𠐎, 𭋽, 𫲏, 𨞼

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31784
* Dae Jaweon: page 1516, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3278, character 5
* Unihan data for U+8513

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 獌 | *mroːn, *moːns, *mons |
| 鬘 | *mroːn |
| 謾 | *mroːn, *mroːns, *mon, *moːn, *moːns |
| 慢 | *mroːns |
| 嫚 | *mroːns |
| 縵 | *mroːns, *moːns |
| 曼 | *moːn, *mons |
| 饅 | *moːn |
| 蔓 | *moːn, *mons |
| 鰻 | *moːn, *mons |
| 墁 | *moːn, *moːns |
| 鏝 | *moːn, *moːns |
| 槾 | *moːn |
| 漫 | *moːns |
| 幔 | *moːns |
| 蟃 | *mons |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *moːn, *mons): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 曼 (OC *moːn, *mons).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): màn, wàn (man$^4$, wan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ, ㄨㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maan$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): mâng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bān / boān / mōa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuêng$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, literary)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: màn
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: màn
*** Wade–Giles: man$^4$
*** Yale: màn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mann
*** Palladius: мань (manʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /män⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, colloquial)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wàn
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^4$
*** Yale: wàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wann
*** Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /wän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maan$^6$
*** Yale: maahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: man$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːn²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mâng
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑŋ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān
*** Tâi-lô: bān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ban
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ban²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ban³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boān
*** Tâi-lô: buān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boan
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /buan²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mōa
*** Tâi-lô: muā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: moa
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /muã³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /muã²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhuêng$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /bueŋ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: mjonH
Rime :
| Character | 蔓 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 無販切 |
| Baxter | mjonH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mʉɐn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷiɐn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuɐn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muan$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /miuɐn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭwɐn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯wɐn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | maan$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ma[n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mons/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蔓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjon$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.ma[n]-s/ |
| English | creep; creeping plant |
| 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 | 蔓 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 8755 |
| Phonetic component | 曼 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 万 |
| Old Chinese | /*mons/ |

#### Definitions

蔓
* vine; creeper
* to spread; to extend
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 不蔓不支
* 不蔓不枝 (bùmànbùzhī)
* 壓蔓 / 压蔓
* 孳蔓
* 延蔓
* 抱蔓摘瓜
* 枝蔓 (zhīmàn)
* 枝詞蔓語 / 枝词蔓语
* 滋蔓 (zīmàn)
* 滋蔓難圖 / 滋蔓难图
* 瓜蔓抄
* 翻蔓
* 胡蔓草
* 胡蔓藤
* 花蔓兒 / 花蔓儿
* 荒煙蔓草 / 荒烟蔓草
* 莽榛蔓草
* 蔓延 (mànyán)
* 蔓徑荒草 / 蔓径荒草
* 蔓生
* 蔓生植物
* 蔓綠絨 / 蔓绿绒
* 蔓荊 / 蔓荆
* 蔓草 (màncǎo)
* 蔓蔓
* 蔓藤 (mànténg)
* 蔓衍
* 蔓詞 / 蔓词
* 蔓說 / 蔓说
* 藤蔓
* 野有蔓草

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mán (man$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maan$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): muàng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān
* 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: maan$^4$
*** Yale: màahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: man$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːn²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: muàng
*** Sinological IPA : /muaŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān
*** Tâi-lô: bān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ban
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ban³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³/
* Middle Chinese: man
Rime :
| Character | 蔓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| 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
    (Zhengzhang): /*moːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蔓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 8743 |
| Phonetic component | 曼 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 瞞 |
| Old Chinese | /*moːn/ |

#### Definitions

蔓
* Only used in 蔓菁 (mánjing, “turnip”).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* vine

#### Readings

* Go-on: まん (man)、もん (mon)
* Kan-on: ばん (ban)
* Kan’yō-on: まん (man)
* Kun: つる (tsuru, 蔓)、のびる (nobiru, 蔓びる)、かずら (kazura, 蔓)、かづら (kazura, 蔓)、つら (tsura, 蔓)
* Nanori: し (shi)

#### Compounds

* 蔓(まん)延(えん), 蔓(まん)衍(えん) (man'en)
* 蔓(まん)生(せい) (mansei)
* 蔓(まん)菁(せい) (mansei)
* 蔓(まん)説(せつ) (mansetsu)
* 蔓(まん)草(そう) (mansō)
* 蔓(まん)纏(てん) (manten)
* 蔓(まん)蔓(まん) (manman)
* 延(えん)蔓(まん), 延(えん)曼(まん) (enman)
* 枝(し)蔓(まん) (shiman)
* 滋(じ)蔓(まん), 滋(じ)曼(まん) (jiman)
* 蕪(ぶ)蔓(まん), 蕪(ぶ)漫(まん) (buman)
* 蘿(ら)蔓(まん) (raman)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 蔓
* つる Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) つる [tsùrúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [t͡sɨɾɯ̟]

#### Noun

蔓(つる) • (tsuru)
* vine
* intermediary
* financial supporter

##### Derived terms

* 蔓梅擬(ツルウメモドキ) (tsuru umemodoki)
* 蔓瓜草(ツルウリクサ) (tsuru urikusa)
* 蔓樒(ツルシキミ) (tsurushikimi)
* 蔓忍(ツルシノブ) (tsuru shinobu)
* 蔓蕎麦(ツルソバ) (tsuru soba)
* 蔓蓼(ツルタデ) (tsurutade)
* 蔓黄楊(ツルツゲ) (tsuru tsuge)
* 蔓蕺草(ツルドクダミ) (tsuru dokudami)
* 蔓菜(ツルナ) (tsuruna)
* 蔓人参(ツルニンジン) (tsuru ninjin)
* 蔓穂(ツルボ) (tsurubo)
* 蔓紫(ツルムラサキ) (tsuru murasaki)
* 蔓藻(ツルモ) (tsurumo)
* 蔓竜胆(ツルリンドウ) (tsuru rindō)
* 蔓茘枝(ツルレイシ) (tsuru reishi)
* 鴎蔓(カモメヅル) (kamome-zuru)
* 三味線蔓(シャミセンヅル) (shamisen-zuru)
* 半鐘蔓(ハンショウヅル) (hanshō-zuru)
* 牡丹蔓(ボタンヅル) (botan-zuru)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 蔓
* かずら Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蔓 – see the following entry. :
| 【葛かずら】S | [noun] creepers or creeping plants [noun] (architecture) the level material on to which the foundations of a structure are lain [noun] the hoop of a barrel or other cylindrical object [noun] a type of fishing net |
(This term, 蔓, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

蔓 • (man) (hangeul 만, revised man, McCune–Reischauer man, Yale man)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蔓 (mạn, mơn)