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Kanji Detail for 蔓 - "vine, creeper, spread"

蔓

  • Meaning

    蔓 means "vine, creeper, spread."

    1. Vine - A climbing or trailing plant.

    2. Creeper - A plant that spreads along surfaces.

    3. Spread - To extend widely; to proliferate.

  • Tattoo check: 蔓

    • Verified meaning: vine, creeper, spread
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ふじづる)

    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.

  • Name readings of 蔓

    Surnames 蔓(ふじづる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    vine; tendril; influence; connections; good offices; spread; sprawl; thrive; rampant; powerful

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    creeping plants, tendrils, vines

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 蔓菁[man2 jing5]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    vine, tendril, creeper

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

    The stem of a plant. Those that are slender and extending. Such as twining stems, creeping stems, and such. | When affairs spread and gradually expand it is called 蔓延 (spreading). Such as implicating many people being called 瓜蔓抄 (melon vine seizure). This is the meaning.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ban(バン) バン

    man(マン) マン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    habiko.ru(はびこ-る) はびこ-る

    tsuru(つる) つる

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    vine creeper spread extend kudzu climbing disperse entwining expand foliage greenery growth leaves plant proliferate stem tendrils trailing twisting

Sentences including 蔓

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