曼波 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

mànbō

mambo

màn long

Depicts a hand (又) covering (冃) the eye (目) to gaze far away into the distance.

Components

冃 Iconic component

mào cap

目 Iconic component

mù eye

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (4 of 16 verified)

慢漫蔓幔馒谩鳗缦熳墁镘饅鰻謾嫚縵

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

蔓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	manH	mˤa[n]-s	distant
	mjonH	ma[n]-s	extended, long

說文解字

《說文》：“曼，引也。从又，冒聲。”

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)

bō waves

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

皮 Sound component

pí skin

Change in sound

波 and 皮 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
波 *pˤaj
皮 *m-[p](r)aj

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

婆啵菠

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

啵

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pa	pˤaj	wave (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“波，水涌流也。从水，皮聲。”

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)

曼 màn long

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (4 of 16 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

波 bō waves

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

màn long

bō waves