慢
ridicule, laziness
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
20 of 62- 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
Study
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.