満
full, fullness, enough, satisfy
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
24 of 211- 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)
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.