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满

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to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contented

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HSK 3.0
Level 2
Old HSK
Level 3
Strokes
13
Radical
水 +10
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
滿
Common rank
#337
Unicode
U+6EE1

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Formation & memory

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How 满 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 㒼 sound

Components 氵 艹 两

How to remember it

full · Heisig RSH #1480

水 water + flower + yoke

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 满

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
名满天下 míng mǎn tiān xià (idiom) famous throughout the land; renowned far and wide
满城区 Mǎn chéng Qū Mancheng, a district of Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei
青龙满族自治县 Qīng lóng Mǎn zú Zì zhì xiàn Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County, in Qinhuangdao City 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 Shi4], H…
清原满族自治县 Qīng yuán Mǎn zú Zì zhì xiàn Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County, in Fushun City 撫順市|抚顺市[Fu3 shun4 Shi4], Liaoning
不满意 bù mǎn yì dissatisfied
满地可 Mǎn dì kě Montreal (chiefly used in Hong Kong and the Chinese community in Canada) (from Cantonese 滿…
不满 bù mǎn dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
满人 Mǎn rén a Manchu
满天星 mǎn tiān xīng Baby's Breath; Gypsophila paniculata
满心 mǎn xīn one's whole heart; from the bottom of one's heart
满天 mǎn tiān whole sky
小满 Xiǎo mǎn Xiaoman or Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st May-5th June
自满 zì mǎn complacent; self-satisfied
拉满 lā mǎn to max out; (of a feeling, atmosphere etc) to reach peak intensity
满手 mǎn shǒu handful
满江红 Mǎn jiāng hóng Man Jiang Hong (Chinese poems)
伊通满族自治县 Yī tōng Mǎn zú Zì zhì xiàn Yitong Manchu Autonomous County, in Siping City 四平市[Si4 ping2 Shi4], Jilin
满分 mǎn fēn full marks
满公 mǎn gōng altogether; in all
满面 mǎn miàn across one's whole face; (smiling) from ear to ear

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 㒼 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
㒼 sound part — average; equivalent
瞒 mán to deceive, to lie; to regard with suspicion
蹒 pán to stagger, to limp
螨 mǎn mite, insect