1. "Lifting the leg and striding forward", which is described in Mandarin today, usually uses the word "mai". "Mai" is a simplified word, and its orthography is "邁".
"Mai", the left and right structure, from 辶, shows that this word is related to walking. "Wan", simplified to "10,000", means a large number of tables. Therefore, the interpretation of "Shuowen" is "far away is called Mai". In other words, in ancient times, "mai" was a word that expressed the meaning of walking a long distance.
Because you have to travel far away, you can't walk slowly, you need to raise your legs and walk, so "mai" derives the meaning of "lifting your legs and stepping forward". For example, when you encounter a ditch, you can step over with your legs raised.
Because traveling far away is a feat both in the past and now, "Mai" has the meaning of "bold". For example: heroic.
After a long journey, people are fatigued, usually manifested as rickets and weakness. This state is exactly the same as that of the elderly. Therefore, "mai" has the meaning of "aging". For example, the word "old age" is a word used to describe the state of aging.
2. The description of "lifting the leg and stepping up" in the Jiaodong dialect is usually described by "màn". Some people believe that the original character of this "màn" is "mai". There is no evidence to support this view.
3. The correct way to write the original character "màn" is "蹒". In ancient times, 蹒 was a polyphonic character, pronounced "pán" and "mān", respectively.
When pronounced pán, it is often combined with 跚 to form the phrase "蹒跚", which indicates the appearance of limping or walking slowly.
When pronounced as "mān", the "Ji Yun" interprets "谟官切, 踰也". That is, the meaning of "lifting the leg and strolling".
The Jiaodong dialect retains the ancient meaning of the ancient sound, and the expression of the step with the leg is expressed with the word "蹒", which is pronounced as màn. For example: wading over a ditch, wading over a threshold, etc.
4. "蹒" belongs to the left and right structure of the word, from "foot" from "㒼". From "foot", it means that it is related to the foot.
"㒼", its original meaning means to cover tightly and seamlessly. Therefore, all words containing the character "㒼" are basically related to this meaning. For example, concealment means that the eyes are covered, so it means that things are hidden. Full refers to the fact that the water covers the utensils and is about to overflow, so it is called "full". 慲 means that the heart is covered, so its meaning is confusion, or deception.
In the same way, "stumbling" refers to covering the footsteps, that is, the meaning of stepping with the legs raised.
In short, the Jiao Dongfang dialect calls "lifting the leg and stepping forward" as "蹒", which is pronounced as "màn". Of course, there will be slight changes in the tone of different regions, but the word is the same word.
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