緬

緬 U+7DEC, 緬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DEC ← 緫 [U+7DEB] CJK Unified Ideographs 緭 → [U+7DED]

See also: 缅

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

• 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

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ChineseEdit

trad.		緬
simp.		缅

Glyph originEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎn (mian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mién
• Min Dong (BUC): miēng
• Min Nan (POJ): bián / biǎn / biān
• Wu (Wiktionary): mi (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: miǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: mien³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁵
    • Yale: míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mién
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian³
    • IPA: /mi̯en³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: miēng
    • IPA ^(key): /mieŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • 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: 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): /biɛn²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: mi (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /mi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /miᴇn^X/▼

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

• 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/

DefinitionsEdit

緬

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

CompoundsEdit

• 下緬甸／下缅甸
• 滇緬／滇缅
• 滇緬公路／滇缅公路
• 緬想／缅想

• 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／缅腼

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

緬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: めん (men)
• Kan’on: べん (ben)
• Kun: ほそいと (hosoito), はるか (haruka), かるい (karui)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

緬 • (myeon) (hangeul 면)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

緬 (miễn, mén, diến, miến, rịn)

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