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Kotomora

慢

ridicule, laziness

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes14

Readings

On'yomi

  • マン

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

慢 centers on a negative mental state of slackness: laziness or a dismissive, ridiculing attitude that comes from not taking things seriously.

Most common words using 慢

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  • 我慢がまん
    N3

    endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something)

  • 自慢じまん
    N3

    pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast

  • 傲慢ごうまん

    haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

  • 慢性まんせい
    N1

    chronic (illness)

  • 怠慢たいまん
    N1

    negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination

  • 慢心まんしん

    self-conceit; pride

  • 高慢こうまん

    haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up

  • 緩慢かんまん

    slow; sluggish; dull; slack; inactive

  • 我慢強いがまんづよい

    (very) patient; persevering

  • 慢性的まんせいてき

    chronic

  • 自慢話じまんばなし

    boastful speech; bragging

  • のど自慢のどじまん

    person proud of their voice

  • やせ我慢やせがまん

    enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it

  • 不幸自慢ふこうじまん

    bragging of one's misfortune

  • 侮慢ぶまん

    contempt; insult; offense; offence

  • 傲慢不遜ごうまんふそん

    haughty; arrogant; overbearing

  • 傲慢無礼ごうまんぶれい

    (arrogance and) insolence

  • 力自慢ちからじまん

    boasting of one's strength

  • 卑下も自慢の中ひげもじまんのうち

    taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride

  • 卑下自慢ひげじまん

    boasting of one's humility

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Etymology

慢 combines 忄 (heart/mind) with 曼, which likely contributes the sound and carries a sense of extended or slack. Together they suggest a mental state of laxness or disrespect.

Meaning mnemonic

The heart radical 忄 beside 曼 (which looks like a stretched-out net) suggests a heart that is slack and loose—leading to laziness or a mocking, careless attitude.

Reading mnemonic

For マン, imagine a lazy man lounging around, ridiculing everyone: man -> マン, and his slack heart is the source of his laziness.