romanrozhok
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From: NY state
Registered: 2007-02-26
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慢 frame 829
漫 frame 830
I am really having a hard time with these kanji's, both in meaning and in story. First, does anyone know what these kanji really mean?
For example, 慢 is used in:
自慢 【じまん】 (n,vs,adj-no) pride; boast; (P) 我慢 【がまん】 (n,vs) patience; endurance; perseverance; tolerance; self-control; self-denial; (P) 怠慢 【たいまん】 (adj-na,n) negligence; procrastination; carelessness; (P) 慢性 【まんせい】 (n,adj-no) chronicity; chronic; (P) 慢性的 【まんせいてき】 (adj-na) chronic; (P)
and 漫 is used in 漫画 【まんが】 (n) comic; cartoon; (P) 散漫 【さんまん】 (adj-na,n) vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse; (P)
I guess "loose" is a decent keyword for 漫, but I am not sure about "ridicule" for 慢.
Can anyone shed some light on these kanji?
Katsuo
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Halpern's New Japanese-English character dictionary defines them as follows:
829 慢 (Halpern 686): arrogant, sluggish
830 漫 (Halpern 700): rambling, comic
This dictionary, like Heisig, tries to define each kanji with a word or short phrase in English. It differs from Heisig in that (1) The same English word may be used more than once. (2) When a kanji has two or more main meanings they may both (all) be given, as in the examples above. (3) The meanings are more accurate.
Last edited by Katsuo (2008 February 27, 2:10 am)
