鄋瞒
Sōu​mán

Souman

鄋 sōu county

Components

叟
叟 Sound component
sǒu, sōu, xiāo old man
阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

place

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsru

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

瞒 mán deceive Simplified

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye

eye

艹
艹 Unknown component
cao, cǎo grass
两
两 Unknown component
liǎng two

說文解字

平目也。从目㒼聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

瞞 mán deceive Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 㒼 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
㒼
㒼 Sound component
mán equal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmanmˤ[o][r]be deceived
Zhengzhangmoːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica