漫 màn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 曼 long, extended, vast
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
漫长
màncháng
long
Characters in this word
长 cháng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 长 — long, lasting
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 夜晚很漫长。 Yèwǎn hěn màncháng. The night is very long.
- 路途很漫长。 Lùtú hěn màncháng. The journey is very long.
- 等待太漫长。 Děngdài tài màncháng. The wait is too long.