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Kotomora

満

full, fullness, enough, satisfy

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • マン
  • バン

Kun'yomi

  • み.ちる
  • み.つ
  • み.たす

Nanori

  • ま
  • みち
  • みつ
  • みつる

Meaning

満 centers on reaching a limit where nothing more is needed: being full, having enough, or feeling satisfied. The idea applies to physical fullness, emotional satisfaction, and meeting requirements.

Most common words using 満

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  • 満足まんぞく
    N3

    satisfaction; contentment; gratification

  • 不満ふまん
    N3

    dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

  • 未満みまん
    N2

    less than; under; below

  • 満たすみたす
    N1

    to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to gratify

  • 満載まんさい

    full load; being fully loaded (with); being loaded to capacity (with); carrying a full load (of)

  • 満ちるみちる
    N3

    to fill; to become full (of); to be filled (with); to brim (with)

  • 満点まんてん
    N3

    perfect score; full marks

  • 満員まんいん
    N3

    full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

  • 満喫まんきつ
    N1

    having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content

  • 満々まんまん

    full of; brimming with

  • 満月まんげつ
    N1

    full moon

  • 肥満ひまん
    N2

    corpulence; fatness; obesity

  • 満開まんかい

    full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom

  • 満塁まんるい

    bases loaded

  • 満腹まんぷく

    full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill

  • 満了まんりょう

    expiration; termination

  • 満席まんせき
    N3

    full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied

  • 円満えんまん
    N1

    harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble

  • 充満じゅうまん

    being filled with; being full of; permeation

  • 満面まんめん
    N1

    the whole face

  • 満潮まんちょう

    high tide; high water; full tide

  • 満杯まんぱい

    full

  • 豊満ほうまん

    stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous

  • 天満宮てんまんぐう

    Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)

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Study

Etymology

満 is the modern simplified form of 滿. The older form combines 氵 (water) with 㒼, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of filling evenly. The modern right side 曼 is a simplification.

Meaning mnemonic

Water 氵 on the left and the right side 曼 suggest a container being filled to the brim. Picture water rising until it is completely full and satisfying.

Reading mnemonic

For マン, imagine a man filling a huge water tank until it is completely full: man -> マン, and the water satisfies the need.