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缦

màn

Character Traditional 縵

What 缦 means

1. plain thin silk
2. slow
3. unadorned

Words containing 缦

• 烂缦làn mànvariant of 烂漫

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
• 幔màncurtain
• 馒mánused in 馒头
• 鳗mán(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
• 谩mánto deceive
• 墁mànto plaster

Characters that look like 缦

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

• 境jìngborder; place; condition
• 模móto imitate; model; norm
• 慢mànslow
• 赚zhuànto earn; to make a profit
• 缭liáoto wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 槿jǐnHibiscus syriacus; transient

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
• 幔curtain
• 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