儘

儘 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人中一廿 (OLMT), four-corner 2521₇, composition ⿰亻盡)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 120, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1234
• Dae Jaweon: page 253, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 232, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5118

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 亻 + phonetic 盡 (OC *ʔslinʔ, *zlinʔ).

儘

1. utmost; extreme; furthest
2. to do one's utmost; to do all one can; to do one's best
3. to give priority to

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 侭)

1. as it is

• Go-on: じん (jin)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)
• Kun: ことごとく (kotogotoku, 儘く)、まま (mama, 儘)

Sound shift from 随(まにま) (manima, “state of following other's will or the way things develop”).

• (Tokyo) まま [màmáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ma̠]

• (Tokyo) まんま [màńmáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mã̠mːa̠]

儘(まま) or 儘(まんま) • (mama or manma) 

1. the same, unchanged state; state as it is

   チャンネルはそのままで！

   Channeru wa sono mama de!

   Stay tuned!

   (literally, “[Leave] the channel as it is!”)

   生(なま)のままでウィスキーを飲(の)む

   nama no mama de wisukī o nomu

   to drink whiskey straight

2. (mostly in the form 儘になる (mama ni naru)) the desired or ideal state; freedom

   こう物(ぶっ)価(か)高(だか)だと買(かい)物(もの)も儘(まま)にならない。

   Kō bukka-daka da to kaimono mo mama ni naranai.

   With prices so high, even shopping becomes difficult to do as one wishes.

3. act of leaving things as it is

   成(な)すが儘(まま)

   nasu ga mama

   as things unfold / as circumstances dictate

4. (writing and editing) ママ: sic, as it is

   北(きた)川(がわ)さんの「見(み)っけた写(しゃ)真(しん)」〔ママ〕

   Kitagawa-san no “mikketa shashin”〔mama〕

   Ms. Kitagawa's “finded pictures” [sic]

• Used in phrases with the literary particle が:—

  思(おも)うがままに生(い)きる ― omou ga mama ni ikiru ― to live freely (in accordance with whatever one thinks)

  我(わ)がまま ― wagamama ― (doing) as one wants to — selfish

  言(い)われるがまま ― iwareru ga mama ― (doing) as one is told

• For sense 3, …とも儘よ (... to mo mama yo) or …と儘よ (... to mama yo) was mostly used in the past.

• まま (mama, conjunctive particle)
• 儘よ (mama yo)
• 意のまま (i no mama)
• 縦 (hoshiimama)

儘 (eum 진 (jin))

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儘: Hán Nôm readings: tẫn

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