满 (mǎn): Manchu ethnic group, to fill, full
满 (mǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “manchu ethnic group.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic), 艹 (structural) and 两 (structural). It ranks #436 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 满 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- Manchu ethnic group
- to fill
- full
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticwater
Decomposition: ⿰氵⿱艹两 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 满
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 充满verb | chōng mǎn | full of | 5 |
| 满意verb | mǎn yì | satisfied | 3 |
| 满足verb | mǎn zú | to satisfy | 5 |
| 不满adjective | bù mǎn | dissatisfied | 4 |
| 圆满adjective | yuán mǎn | satisfactory | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 装满verb | zhuāng mǎn | to fill up |
| 满满adjective | mǎn mǎn | full |
| 满嘴noun | mǎn zuǐ | a full mouth of (sth physical) |
| 丰满adjective | fēng mǎn | ample |
| 满怀verb | mǎn huái | to have one's heart filled with |
| 美满adjective | měi mǎn | happy |
| 布满verb | bù mǎn | to be covered with |
| 满身noun | mǎn shēn | covered all over |
| 沾满 | zhān mǎn | muddy |
| 满月verb | mǎn yuè | (of a baby) to reach one month of age |
| 满分noun | mǎn fēn | full marks |
| 挤满verb | jǐ mǎn | crowded to bursting point |
| 满心verb | mǎn xīn | one's whole heart |
| 满洲noun | mǎn zhōu | Manchuria |
| 心满意足 | xīn mǎn yì zú | perfectly contented (idiom) |
满 appears in 101 compound words: 57 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 3 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 满 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (32)
guests filled all the seats (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
Showing 12 of 32 idioms containing 满.
Example Sentences
会议室里坐满了人，大家都在认真听报告。
Huìyìshì lǐ zuò mǎn le rén, dàjiā dōu zài rènzhēn tīng bàogào.
The meeting room is full of people, and everyone is listening to the report attentively.
弗吉尼亚州里士满发生枪击事件 两人死亡
弗 jí ní yà zhōu lǐ shì mǎn fā shēng qiāng jī shì jiàn liǎng rén sǐ wáng
Two people were killed in a shooting in Richmond, Virginia
(新春走基层)山西新绛:七星坡上坐满看戏人
( xīn chūn zǒu jī céng ) shān xī xīn 绛 : qī xīng pō shàng zuò mǎn kàn xì rén
(New Year at the grassroots level) Shanxi Xinjiang: The Qixing Slope is full of theatergoers
热气腾腾中国年活力满格 “创新场景+券包优惠”点燃..
rè qì téng téng zhōng guó nián huó lì mǎn gé chuàng xīn chǎng jǐng quàn bāo yōu huì diǎn rán . .
The Chinese New Year is full of vigor and "innovative scenes + coupon packages" ignite...
宜昌高新区23家企业满负荷运转
yí chāng gāo xīn ōu jiā qǐ yè mǎn fù hé yùn zhuǎn
23 Enterprises in Yichang High-Tech Zone Operate at Full Capacity
2025年收获满满,山东信息职业技术学院向合作单位..
nián shōu huò mǎn mǎn , shān dōng xìn xī zhí yè jì shù xué yuàn xiàng gě zuò shàn wèi . .
2025 harvest full, Shandong Information Vocational Technology College to the cooperative unit...
你认为汤姆满意了吗？
Nǐ rènwéi Tāngmǔ mǎnyì le ma?
Do you think Tom was satisfied?
注满浴缸大约需要多久时间？
Zhù mǎn yùgāng dàyuē xūyào duōjiǔ shíjiān?
About how long does it take to fill the bathtub?
为什么生活充满着那么多痛苦?
Wèishénme shēnghuó chōngmǎn zhe nàme duō tòngkǔ?
Why is life so full of suffering?
你会发现难以满足她。
Nǐ huì fāxiàn nányǐ mǎnzú tā.
You'll find it difficult to meet her requirements.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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