Memory phrase for the character: 蛮

蛮

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Meaning barbarian, bullying, very, rough, reckless

Pronunciation

mán

Explanation

Top: also, namely 亦 (To see this variation 亦 as red 赤, you can also do.) [red 赤: When earth (clay) 土 is burned 灬, the pottery becomes red 赤], bottom: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect.)

Mnemonic

Also, I think: The reddish insects are like: barbarians.

Radicals

亦	also, namely
虫	insect	Also this radical 昆 is understood as: insect.
赤	red	When earth 土 (clay) is burned 灬, the pottery becomes red.

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Vocabulary

野蛮	yě mán	barbarous; uncivilized
蛮邸	mán dǐ	foreign mission (in former times); residence of barbarian emissary
蛮邸	mán dǐ

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