蔓 (mán) — climbing vines (bound form; appears in compounds like 藤蔓)
Definition
蔓 (mán) is a bound form meaning 'creeping vine or tendril' — it cannot stand alone and only appears inside compounds like 藤蔓.
bound form
climbing vines (bound form; appears in compounds like 藤蔓)
Examples
- 。Qiáng shàng de téng mán pá mǎn le zhěng miàn qiáng.The vines on the wall have crawled over the entire wall.
- 蔓。Zhè zhǒng mán cǎo shēng zhǎng dé hěn kuài.This kind of creeping weed grows very fast.
- 。Yuán zi lǐ yǒu hěn duō yě shēng de téng mán.There are many wild vines in the garden.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss
蔓 combines 艸, a plant marker, with 曼, which gives its sound.
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