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Kanji Detail for 慢 - "ridicule, laziness"

慢

  • Meaning

    慢 means "ridicule, laziness."

    1. To neglect - To be lazy; to be careless.

    2. To look down upon - To belittle; to despise.

    3. To be arrogant - To be haughty; to be conceited.

    4. Loose - Slow; gradual.

    5. Slow - To drag on and on.

  • Words using 慢

    • 慢性 まんせい Listen chronic (illness)
    • 自慢 じまん Listen pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
    • 我慢 がまん Listen endurance; patience; perseverance
    • 慢性的 まんせいてき Listen chronic
    • 怠慢 たいまん Listen negligence; neglect; carelessness
    • 傲慢 ごうまん Listen haughty; arrogant; insolent

  • Four-character idioms with 慢

    • 傲慢不遜 ごうまんふそん Listen haughty; arrogant; overbearing
    • 傲慢無礼 ごうまんぶれい Listen (arrogance and) insolence
    • 強情我慢 ごうじょうがまん Listen obstinate and self-assertive

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    • Verified meaning: ridicule, laziness
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ridicule; laziness

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    slow(ly), leisurely, sluggish

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    slow

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    slowly, leisurely; sluggish

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Arrogant; negligent. Such as 怠慢, 傲慢, 簡慢, 輕慢. | Slow. Such as 急性慢性. | Unrestrained. Such as 慢遊.

  • Onyomi

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    man(マン) マン

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    to look down upon careless contemptuous loose relaxed to neglect lazy sluggish slow leisurely negligent disdain arrogant complacent conceited haughty indifferent tardy unhurried

Sentences including 慢

  • I cannot put up with all that noise.

  • I've had enough of your boasts.

  • She boasts that she can swim well.

  • John can't bear the noise.

  • The people of london are very proud of this bridge.

  • She boasts that she's good at cooking.

  • Bite the bullet.

  • He can not endure already.

  • I cannot put up with her behavior.

  • Jim boasts of having passed the exam.

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