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丏

丏

丏 U+4E0F, 丏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E0F
← 与
[U+4E0E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 丐 →
[U+4E10]
See also: 丐

Translingual

Han character

丏 (radical 1 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一中女尸 (MLVS), four-corner 10727)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 77, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21
  • Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 11, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+4E0F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 丏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丏
Large seal script

L16093
Small seal script

s06469
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (丏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
汅 *menʔ
沔 *menʔ
丏 *meːnʔ
眄 *meːnʔ, *meːns
麪 *meːns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 丏
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 彌殄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /menX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /menX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mɛnX/
Li
Rong		 /menX/
Wang
Li		 /mienX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 miǎn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 丏
Reading # 1/1
No. 9060
Phonetic
component		 丏
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 㨠
Old
Chinese		 /*meːnʔ/

Definitions

丏

  1. parapet for warding off arrows
  2. hidden from view
  3. A surname​.

Japanese

Kanji

丏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. parapet
  2. invisible

Readings

Korean

Hanja

丏 • ‎(myeon) (hangeul 면, revised myeon, McCune-Reischauer myŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

丏 (miện)

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References

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