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緬
緬
See also: 缅
Translingual
Han character
緬 (radical 120 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火一田中 (VFMWL), four-corner 21960)
References
- KangXi: page 931, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27674
- Dae Jaweon: page 1370, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3425, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7DEC
Chinese
| trad. | 緬 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 缅 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (面) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 蝒 | *men |
| 緬 | *menʔ |
| 湎 | *menʔ |
| 愐 | *menʔ |
| 偭 | *menʔ, *mens |
| 勔 | *menʔ |
| 面 | *mens |
| 麵 | *meːns |
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)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 緬 |
| 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 |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 緬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9093 |
| Phonetic component |
面 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
緬 |
| Old Chinese |
/*menʔ/ |
Definitions
緬
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
緬
Readings
Korean
Hanja
緬 • (myeon) (hangeul 면, revised myeon, McCune-Reischauer myŏn, Yale myen)
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