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满 (Mǎn): meaning and stroke order

满 (Mǎn) means Manchu ethnic group, to fill, full, filled, packed, fully, completely, quite.

满

Simplified
满
Traditional
滿
Pinyin
Mǎn

Stroke order of 满

满

  • Mǎn Manchu ethnic group
  • mǎn to fill; full
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 滿

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 满

  1. Mǎn Traditional 滿
    • Manchu ethnic group
  2. mǎn Traditional 滿
    • to fill
    • full
    • filled
    • packed
    • fully
    • completely
    • quite
    • to reach the limit
    • to satisfy
    • satisfied
    • contented

Radical and structure

满
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 14 strokes · 氵 on the left, 𬜯 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 满

满 in our stories

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  • 一个星期后,纸上写满了字,最多的竟然不是工具,而是“周末谁能帮我遛狗”。

    yí gè xīngqī hòu zhǐ shàng xiě mǎn le zì zuì duō de jìngrán bú shì gōngjù érshì zhōumò shéi néng bāng wǒ liù gǒu

    A week later the sheets were full, and the most common request wasn't for tools at all, but "Who can walk my dog at the weekend?"

    From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5

  • 那天晚上,她在厨房的抽屉里找东西,却发现了一个装满药的盒子,还有一张写着邻居电话的纸条:“如果我摔倒了,请打这个号码。”

    nà tiān wǎnshang tā zài chúfáng de chōuti lǐ zhǎo dōngxi què fāxiàn le yí gè zhuāng mǎn yào de hézi háiyǒu yì zhāng xiě zhe línjū diànhuà de zhǐtiáo rúguǒ wǒ shuāidǎo le qǐng dǎ zhè gè hàomǎ

    That night, looking for something in a kitchen drawer, she found a box full of medicine and a note with the neighbour's number: "If I fall, please call this number."

    From the story No perfect answer HSK 6

  • 哪吒看着满城惊慌的百姓,第一次意识到,自己的顽皮竟会让这么多人陪着受罪。

    Nézhā kànzhe mǎn chéng jīnghuāng de bǎixìng dì-yī cì yìshídào zìjǐ de wánpí jìng huì ràng zhème duō rén péi zhe shòuzuì

    Looking at the panicking people all over the city, Nezha realised for the first time that his mischief could make so many people suffer along with him.

    From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 满

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).