拖慢
tuō​màn

slow

拖 tuō drag

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

亻
亻 Unknown component
rén person
也
也 Unknown component
yě also

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthal̥ ˤajdraw, pull
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaːl
l̥ʰaːls

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

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)