mán

deceive

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
目 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

eye

㒼 sound component

  Sound component

mán

  

equal

Evolution

瞞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瞞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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mán

deceive, lie; eyes half-closed; to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark

Most common words with 瞞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

隐瞒

to conceal

to conceal from

瞒报

to conceal or deceive in a report

瞒天过海

to cross the sea by a trick (idiom)

欺瞒

to fool