Character: 漫
Modern (Beijing) reading: màn
Preclassic Old Chinese: māns
Classic Old Chinese: mānh
Western Han Chinese: mānh
Eastern Han Chinese: mānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: mā̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mā̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: mā̀n
Middle Chinese: mwần
English meaning : all round, everywhere; free, careless [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) разлив, наводнение; разливаться; 2) безудержный, распущенный; 3) сгнить, испортиться; 4) не; нечего и (напр. говорить); [mán] 1) долгий; безграничный; 2) безудержный; 3) неясный
Comments: The original meaning "to overflow, flow out" is also attested, but only since Han. For *m- cf. Xiamen ban6, Chaozhou maŋ4, Fuzhou maŋ6.
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 6034
Karlgren code: 0266 n
