緬

See also: 缅

緬	U+7DEC, 緬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DEC

← 緫
[U+7DEB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

緭 →
[U+7DED]

Translingual

Han character

緬 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火一田中 (VFMWL), four-corner 2196₀, composition ⿰糹面)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 931, character 18

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27674

Dae Jaweon: page 1370, character 5

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3425, character 4

Unihan data for U+7DEC

Chinese

trad.		緬
simp.		缅
2nd round simp.		𰬄

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *menʔ) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 面 (OC *mens).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miǎn (mian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): min⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): men²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mién

(Meixian, Guangdong): miên³
Eastern Min (BUC): miēng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bián / biǎn / biān

(Teochew, Peng'im): miang² / miêng² / miang⁵ / miêng⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶mi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miǎn
  - Wade–Giles: mien³
  - Yale: myǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
  - Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁵
  - Yale: míhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: men²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐben⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mién
  - Hakka Romanization System: mien`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mian³
  - Sinological IPA: /mi̯en³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: miên³
  - Sinological IPA: /miɛn³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: miēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mieŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián
  - Tâi-lô: bián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biern
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /biɛn⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biǎn
  - Tâi-lô: biǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biān
  - Tâi-lô: biān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bien
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biɛn²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: miang² / miêng² / miang⁵ / miêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: miáng / miéng / miâng / miêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miaŋ⁵²/, /mieŋ⁵²/, /miaŋ⁵⁵/, /mieŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

miang2/miang5 - Shantou;
miêng2/miêng5 - Chaozhou;
miang5/miêng5 - vernacular (俗).

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶mi
  - MiniDict: mi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²³/

Middle Chinese: mjienX

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
Baxter	mjienX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mian^X/
Li Rong	/miɛn^X/
Wang Li	/mĭɛn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*menʔ/

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

distant, remote
Short for 緬甸／缅甸 (Miǎndiàn, “Myanmar, Burma”).

Compounds

下緬甸／下缅甸 (Xià Miǎndiàn)
滇緬／滇缅
滇緬公路／滇缅公路 (Diān Miǎn Gōnglù)
緬北／缅北 (Miǎnběi)
緬想／缅想 (miǎnxiǎng)
緬憶／缅忆
緬懷／缅怀 (miǎnhuái)
緬梔／缅栀
緬甸／缅甸 (Miǎndiàn)
緬甸聯邦／缅甸联邦
緬訴／缅诉
緬邈／缅邈
緬靦／缅䩄

Japanese

Kanji

緬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

fine thread
Abbreviation of 緬甸 (Menden, Biruma): Burma (Myanmar)

Readings

Go-on: めん (men)

Kan-on: べん (ben)

Kun: ほそいと (hosoito); はるか (haruka); かるい (karui, 緬い)

Korean

Hanja

緬 • (myeon) (hangeul 면)

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Vietnamese

Han character

緬: Hán Nôm readings: miễn, mén, diến, miến, rịn

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