mǎn

to fill

Manchu ethnic group; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contented

Water (氵) rising to the brim = full, filled, satisfied

The water radical carries the core meaning of fullness — water rising until a vessel is completely filled. The upper components 艹 and 两 are largely phonetic, giving the sound mǎn rather than adding meaning.

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TwoPhonetic
WaterSemantic
Variant of 艸Phonetic

Words with 满

满垒

mǎn lěi

(baseball) bases loaded

酌满

zhuó mǎn

to fill up (a wine glass) to the brim

里士满

lǐ shì mǎn

Richmond (name)

金玉满堂

jīn yù mǎn táng

lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom)

长满

zhǎng mǎn

to grow all over

开满

kāi mǎn

to bloom abundantly

青龙满族自治县

qīng lóng mǎn zú zì zhì xiàn

Qinglong Manchu autonomous county in Qinhuangdao 秦皇島|秦皇岛[Qin2 huang2 dao3], Hebei

饱满

bǎo mǎn

full

高朋满座

gāo péng mǎn zuò

surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom); in company

一着不慎,满盘皆输

yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū

One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)

不满

bù mǎn

dissatisfied; discontented; resentful

不满意

bù mǎn yì

dissatisfied

More characters with 氵