蔓
mán
#2,823 most
frequent character
used in 蔓菁[man2jing5]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
蔓 has 艹 plants as its meaning part and 曼 as its sound part. It first meant the stem of a vine. The sense grew to climbing vines and to spread. Read wàn, it means a tendril; read mán, it means turnip, a meaning borrowed for sound.
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