谩
mánmàn

deceive

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 謾.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

謾 deceive Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmroːn
mroːns
mon
moːn
moːns
Unicodemàn

說文解字

欺也。从言曼聲。

Sources

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