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曼纽尔 (màn niǔ ěr) — Manuel (male name)

Definition

noun
Manuel (male name)

Examples

  • 曼纽尔。
    màn niǔ ěr Shì wǒ de hǎo péng you.
    Manuel is my good friend.
  • 曼纽尔。
    Zuó tiān wǒ jiàn dào le màn niǔ ěr.
    Yesterday I met Manuel.
  • 曼纽尔。
    màn niǔ ěr Lái zì xī bān yá.
    Manuel comes from Spain.

Origin

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 紐; 纽 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
丑
丑chǒu紐niǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 紐 has 糸 (silk) for tying and 丑 for sound; 丑 also points to a claw or hand, fitting a handle. The simplified 纽 is a later shorthand.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 爾; 尔 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 爾, simplified as 尔, originally drew cloth on a loom with crossing threads. It was borrowed for its sound to write “you,” so the picture is unrelated to that meaning.

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