饅
mán

steamed bread

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

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmoːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

馒 mán steamed bread Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 饅.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode