mán = m + an2
barbarian / bullying / very / quite / rough / reckless
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How to pronounce 蛮

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

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+ an2 final

In the anthill’s kitchen.

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蛮 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + Ø4
also
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variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
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lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
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Characters with 蛮 as component

蛮 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 蛮

barbarous / uncivilized
savage / wild / uncivilized territory
rude and unreasonable

Sentences with 蛮

mán
héng
 
 
nào
lóng
gōng

Want to remember 蛮 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

mán

barbarian / bullying / very / quite / rough / reckless

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