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幔

màn

Character

What 幔 means

1. curtain

Words starting with 幔

• 幔子màn zicurtain; veil

Words containing 幔

• 地幔dì màn(geology) (the earth's) mantle
• 帐幔zhàng màncurtain
• 壳幔ké màncrust-mantle (geology)
• 窗幔chuāng màncurtain
• 雾幔wù mànfog; mist
• 帷幔wéi màndrapery; curtain

Characters built on 曼

These share the phonetic component 曼 (màn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 慢mànslow
• 漫mànfree; unrestrained; to inundate
• 蔓màncreeper; to spread
• 馒mánused in 馒头
• 鳗mán(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
• 谩mánto deceive
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned
• 墁mànto plaster

Characters that look like 幔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 慢mànslow
• 懂dǒngto understand; to comprehend
• 幢chuángbanner; pennant (in ancient China)
• 幌huǎngshop sign; (literary) window curtain
• 憬jǐngawaken
• 憧chōngused in 憧憬; used in 憧憧

Sounds the same

Read màn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 慢slow
• 漫free; unrestrained; to inundate
• 蔓creeper; to spread
• 曼handsome; large; long
• 缦plain thin silk; slow; unadorned
• 墁to plaster
• 镘side of coin without words; trowel
• 鄤place name
• 熳used in 烂熳
• 鬗head ornaments; pretty hair
• 谩to slander; to be disrespectful; to slight
• 嫚insult