慢慢吞吞
màn​man​tūn​tūn

sluggish

慢 màn slow(ly)

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmaenHmˤra[n]-s disrespectful

說文解字

《說文》：“慢，惰也。从心，曼聲。一曰慢，不畏也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

吞 tūn swallow

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 天 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
天
天 Sound component
tiān, tian sky

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthenl̥ ˤən(surname)
thonl̥ ˤənto swallow
Zhengzhangqʰl'iːn
qʰl'ɯːn
Unicodetən

說文解字

咽也。从口天聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)