慢

慢

Pronunciationmàn
Five Elements水
FortuneAuspicious
Strokes15 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation màn
Five Elements 水
Fortune Auspicious
Radical 忄
Simplified Strokes 14 strokes
Traditional Strokes 15 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 399
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Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 399, Entry 12 Pronounced man (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explanations and Analysis of Characters): Lazy. Composed of the Heart radical and phonetic element man. Another definition is to be without fear. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Idle, arrogant, slow. Zhu Xi said: Man means to be unrestrained. Sometimes written in a variant form (màn). Xunzi, Non-Rigorous Conduct chapter: Broad without being arrogant. Also written as man. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Dong Zhongshu: Jie and Zhou were violent and arrogant. Also in the Great Learning (Daxue): To raise someone but be unable to provide instruction first. Zheng Xuan said: The character ming should be read as man. Also in Jiyun (Collected Rhymes): Also written as man. See the entry for man in the Water radical section for details. Also in Jiyun: Pronounced mian (falling tone). Man-yi means to be lax and unrestrained. Also in Jiyun: Pronounced man (level tone). To delude. Also rhyming with jian: Pronounced mian (level tone). From ancient poetry: The ancients were not arrogant, ritual and duty were not transgressed. Also rhyming with ban: Pronounced man (falling tone). From Xie Huilian, Autumn Reflections poem: Success or failure are hard to foresee, hidden and manifest causes are difficult to calculate. Although I admire Sima Xiangru for his wisdom, I do not share his indulgence (man). Textual Research: In the Great Learning, the phrase to raise someone but be unable to provide instruction first, Zheng Xuan said: The character ming should be corrected to read as man. We have carefully followed the original text to correct this to read as.

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