| Chinese Text Project |
| 慢 U+6162 |  Seal script |
| Radical: | 心+ 11 strokes = 14 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.405#21 Kangxi: p.399#12 Cihai: p.542r1c04 GSR: 266.h Hanyu: v4,p2346#01 |
| Composition: | Left: 忄, right: 曼. |
| Mandarin: | màn ㄇㄢˋ |
| Cantonese: | maan6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | màn |
| Shuowen: | 《心部》慢：惰也。从心曼聲。一曰慢，不畏也。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·諫·慢》慢：怠也，倨也，易也，俗作𢢔。謨晏切，五。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·心部·十一》慢：《廣韻》謨晏切《集韻》《正韻》莫晏切《韻會》莫綰切，𠀤音縵。《說文》惰也。从心曼聲。一曰不畏也。《廣韻》怠也，倨也，緩也。《朱子曰》慢，放肆也。又或作僈。《荀子·不苟篇》寬而不僈。亦作謾。《前漢·董仲舒傳》桀紂暴謾。又《大學》舉而不能先命也。《鄭氏云》命，讀爲慢。又《集韻》亦作漫。詳水部漫字註。又《集韻》䁕見切，音麫。慢訑，弛縱意。又《集韻》謨官切，音瞞。惑也。又叶民堅切，音眠。《古詩》太古之不慢兮，禮義之不愆兮。又叶莫半切，音幔。《謝惠連·秋懷詩》夷險難預謀，倚伏昧前算。雖好相如達，不同長卿慢。 考證：〔《大學》舉而不能先命也。《鄭氏云》命，當作慢。〕謹照原文當作改讀爲。 |
| Fanqie: | 謨晏 (《廣韻·去聲·諫·慢》) |
| Unihan definition: | slow(ly), leisurely, sluggish |
Example usage
| 《論語·泰伯》: | 君子所貴乎道者三：動容貌，斯遠暴慢矣。 |
| There are three principles of conduct which the man of high rank should consider specially important: that in his deportment and manner he keep from violence and heedlessness. | |
| 《孟子·滕文公上》: | 是故暴君汙吏必慢其經界。 |
| On this account, oppressive rulers and impure ministers are sure to neglect this defining of the boundaries. | |
| 《孝經·天子》: | 敬親者，不敢慢於人。 |
| And he who reveres his parents will not dare (to incur the risk of) being contemned by any man. | |
| 《論衡·率性》: | 故曰：「齊舒緩，秦慢易，楚促急，燕戇投。」 |
| They say that the people of Qi are soft and supple, those of Qin unsteady and versatile, of Chu lively and passionate, of Yan dull and simple. | |
| 《墨子·尚同中》: | 其事鬼神也，酒醴粢盛不敢不蠲潔，犧牲不敢不腯肥，珪璧幣帛不敢不中度量，春秋祭祀不敢失時幾，聽獄不敢不中，分財不敢不均，居處不敢怠慢。 |
| With purification and baths and clean wine and cakes they led the people to make sacrifice and libation to Heaven and the spirits. In such services to the spirits they dared not use wine and cakes that were unclean, sacrificial animals that were not fat, or jade and silk that did not satisfy the standard requirements. The proper time for the spring and autumn sacrifices they dared not miss. Judging lawsuits, they dared not be unjust. Distributing properties, they dared not be unfair. Even when at leisure they dared not be disrespectful. | |
| 《莊子·知北遊》: | 神農隱几擁杖而起，嚗然放杖而笑，曰：「天知予僻陋慢訑，故棄予而死。」 |
| Shen Nong leant forward on his stool, laid hold of his staff and rose. Then he laid the staff aside with a clash, laughed and said, 'That Heaven knew how cramped and mean, how arrogant and assuming I was, and therefore he has cast me off.' | |
| 《商君書·墾令》: | 壹山澤，則惡農慢惰倍欲之民無所於食。 |
| If mountains and moors are brought into one hand, then the people who hate agriculture, the tardy and lazy and those who desire double profit, will have no means of subsistence. | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 帝曰：「毋若丹朱傲，維慢游是好，毋水行舟，朋淫于家，用絕其世。」 |
| The Emperor said, 'Do not be arrogant like Zhu of Dan, who took his pleasure only in idleness and dissipation. He would make boats go where there was no water, introduced licentious friends into his family, and thereby cut off the hereditary honours of his house.' | |
| 《詩經·大叔于田》: | 叔馬慢忌、叔發罕忌、抑釋掤忌、抑鬯弓忌。 |
| His horses move slowly; He shoots but seldom; Now he lays aside his quiver; Now he returns his bows to his case. | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 夫民閉於人，而有鄙心，可敬不可慢，易以溺人。 |
| 《荀子·君子》: | 故尊聖者王，貴賢者霸，敬賢者存，慢賢者亡，古今一也。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 君子思禮以脩身，則怠惰慢易之節不至。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 當是時也，方乘勝而誌廣，大國往聘，慢而弗敬其使者。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 怠慢摽棄，則慰之以禍災，愿婉端愨，則合之以禮樂。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 慢怛以補不足，禮節以損有餘。 |
| 《新書·道術》: | 期果言當謂之信，反信為慢。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 此四人者年老矣，皆以上慢侮士，故逃匿山中，義不為漢臣，然上高此四人。 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 夫法象立、所以為君子，法象者、莫先乎正容貌、慎威儀，是故先王之制禮也，為冕服采章以旌之，為珮玉鳴璜以聲之，欲其尊也，欲其莊也，焉可懈慢也？ |
| 《孔子家語·始誅》: | 夫慢令謹誅，賊也。 |
| 《潛夫論·賢難》: | 今世俗之人，自慢其親而憎人敬之，自簡其親而憎人愛之者不少也。 |
| 《太玄經·太玄瑩》: | 古者不𨖛不虞，慢其思慮，匪筮匪卜，吉凶交瀆。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 畏舟，慢也。 |
| 《孔叢子·刑論》: | 寬而不察，是慢也。 |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 曰：「事枉而難實者，欺慢必眾，奸偽必作，爭訟必繁，刑殺必深，吁嗟紛擾之聲，章乎天下矣，非所以撫遺民，成緝熙也。」 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 慢其所敬者凶。 |
| 《獨斷·卷下》: | 又有蹋豬車，慢輪有畫，田獵乘之，綠車名曰皇孫車，天子孫乘之，以從。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 又有蹋豬車，慢輪有畫，田獵乘之，綠車名曰皇孫車，天子孫乘之，以從。 |
| 《文子·道德》: | 夫失道者，奢泰驕佚，慢倨矜傲，見餘自顯自明，執雄堅強，作難結怨，為兵主，為亂首，小人行之，身受大殃，大人行之，國家滅亡，淺及其身，深及子孫，夫罪莫大於無道，怨莫深於無德，天道然也。 |
| 《列仙傳·商丘子胥》: | 貴戚富室聞之，取而服之，不能終歲輒止，慢矣。 |
| 《韓非子·飾邪》: | 故恃鬼神者慢於法，恃諸侯者危其國。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 故舉重越高者，不慢於藥。 |
| 《管子·明法解》: | 暴慢之人，誅之以刑，則禍不起。 |
| 《六韜·選將》: | 有貌恭敬而心慢者。 |
| 《淮南子·時則訓》: | 工事苦慢，作為淫巧，必行其罪。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·貴直》: | 惠公即位二年，淫色暴慢，身好玉女，秦人襲我，遜去絳七十，用此士也。 |
| 《尹文子·大道下》: | 禮者，所以行恭謹，亦所以生惰慢。 |
| 《鄧析子·轉辭》: | 忠怠於宦成，病始於少瘳，禍生於懈慢，孝衰於妻子， 察1此四者，慎終如始也。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 冬，十二月，齊侯游于姑棼，遂田于貝丘，見大豕，從者曰，公子彭生也，公怒曰，彭生敢見，射之，豕人立而啼，公懼，隊于車，傷足，喪屨，反，誅屨於徒人費，弗得，鞭之見血，走出，遇賊于門，劫而束之，費曰，我奚御哉，袒而示之背，信之，費請先入，伏公而出鬥，死于門中，石之紛如死于階下，遂入，殺孟陽于床，曰，非君也，不類，見公之足于戶下，遂弒之，而立無知，初，襄公立無常，鮑叔牙曰，君使民慢，亂將作矣，奉公子小白出奔莒，亂作，管夷吾，召忽奉公子糾來奔，初，公孫無知虐于雍廩。 |
| 《逸周書·諡法解》: | 暴慢無親曰厲。 |
| 《國語·楚語下》: | 上下有序則民不慢。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 古者不慢行而繁祭，不輕身而恃巫。 |
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