漫

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free; unrestrained; to inundate

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 曼 sound ( màn )

Components 氵曼

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水 water + mandala

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
漫不经心	màn bù jīng xīn	careless; heedless; absent-minded; indifferent
漫不经意	màn bù jīng yì	careless; unconcerned
漫无目的	màn wú mù dì	aimless; at random
太空漫步	tài kōng màn bù	space walk
漫无边际	màn wú biān jì	extremely vast; boundless; limitless; digressing; discursive; going off on tangents; stray…
漫天要价	màn tiān yào jià	to ask for sky-high prices
爱丽丝漫游奇境记	Ài lì sī Màn yóu Qí jìng Jì	Alice in Wonderland
漫天飞舞	màn tiān fēi wǔ	(of snow etc) to fill the sky
浪漫主义	làng màn zhǔ yì	romanticism
漫步者	màn bù zhě	rambler; a person strolling about
自由散漫	zì yóu sǎn màn	easygoing; lax; unconstrained; unruly
漫画家	màn huà jiā	cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)
国漫	guó màn	Chinese comics
漫天	màn tiān	lit. to fill the whole sky; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
动漫	dòng màn	cartoons and comics; anime and manga; cartoon (animated movie); anime
天真烂漫	tiān zhēn làn màn	(idiom) innocent and unaffected
烂漫天真	làn màn tiān zhēn	see 天真爛漫\|天真烂漫[tian1 zhen1 lan4 man4]
暴走漫画	bào zǒu màn huà	rage comic
漫长	màn cháng	very long; endless
漫天遍地	màn tiān biàn dì	lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land (idiom); fig. everywhere; as far as the eye …

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
曼 sound part	màn	long, extended, vast; beautiful
慢	màn	slowly, leisurely; sluggish
鳗	mán	eel
幔	màn	curtain, screen, tent
馒	mán	steamed buns; steamed dumplings
嫚	màn	to scorn, to despise; to be rude to, to affront
谩	màn	to slight, to insult; to deceive
熳	màn	to spread
缦	màn	plain silk; simple, plain
墁	màn	to plaster; to pave
镘	màn	trowel