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沔
沔
Translingual
Han character
沔 (radical 85 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水一中尸 (EMLS), four-corner 31127, composition ⿰氵丏)
References
- KangXi: page 611, character 16
 - Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17207
 - Dae Jaweon: page 1004, character 6
 - Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1560, character 2
 - Unihan data for U+6C94
 
Chinese
| 
simp. and trad. | 
沔 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
-  Mandarin
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
 - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
 - Wade-Giles: mien3
 - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
 - IPA (key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
 
 
 -  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
 -  Cantonese
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: min5
 - Yale: míhn
 - Cantonese Pinyin: min5
 - IPA (key): /miːn¹³/
 
 
 -  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
 -  Min Nan
-  (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián
 - Tâi-lô: bián
 - Phofsit Daibuun: biern
 - IPA (Xiamen): /biɛn⁵³/
 - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
 - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn⁵³/
 - IPA (Taipei): /biɛn⁵³/
 - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn⁴¹/
 
 
 -  (Hokkien)
 
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 沔 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) | 
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | 
| Openness (開合) | Open | 
| Division (等) | III | 
| Fanqie | 彌兖切 | 
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang  | 
/miᴇnX/ | 
| Pan Wuyun  | 
/miɛnX/ | 
| Shao Rongfen  | 
/mjænX/ | 
| Edwin Pulleyblank  | 
/mianX/ | 
| Li Rong  | 
/miɛnX/ | 
| Wang Li  | 
/mĭɛnX/ | 
| Bernard Karlgren  | 
/mi̯ɛnX/ | 
| Expected Mandarin Reflex  | 
miǎn | 
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 沔 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin)  | 
miǎn | 
| Middle Chinese  | 
‹ mjienX › | 
| Old Chinese  | 
/*m.nerʔ/ | 
| English | richly flowing stream | 
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: 					* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;  | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 沔 | 
| Reading # | 1/1 | 
| No. | 9059 | 
| Phonetic component  | 
丏 | 
| Rime group  | 
元 | 
| Rime subdivision  | 
2 | 
| Corresponding MC rime  | 
緬 | 
| Old Chinese  | 
/*menʔ/ | 
Definitions
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
沔 • (myeon) (hangeul 면, revised myeon, McCune-Reischauer myŏn, Yale myen)
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