Wiktionary

麵

See also: 面, 麺, 麪, and 麫
麵 U+9EB5, 麵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EB5
← 麴
[U+9EB4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 麶 →
[U+9EB6]

TranslingualEdit

Traditional 麵
Shinjitai 麺
Simplified 面

Han characterEdit

麵 (radical 199, 麥+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十弓一田中 (JNMWL) or 十水一田中 (JEMWL), four-corner 41246, composition ⿰麥面 or ⿺麥面)

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 1514, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47827
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2043, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4605, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9EB5

ChineseEdit

trad. 麵/麪
simp. 面*
alternative forms 麺
麫
糆
𪋽
 
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Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 麵
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
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, OC *meːns): semantic 麥 (“wheat”) + phonetic 面 (OC *mens). Originally 麪.

PronunciationEdit

Note: erhua-ed - “powder”.
Note:
  • mī - vernacular;
  • biān - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    Rime
    Character 麵
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 先 (85)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 莫甸切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/menH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/menH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/mɛnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/mɛnH/
    Li
    Rong         		/menH/
    Wang
    Li         		/mienH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/mienH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		miàn
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 麵
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9100
    Phonetic
    component         		面
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		麫
    Old
    Chinese         		/*meːns/
    Notes 同麪

    DefinitionsEdit

    麵

    1. flour
      玉米麵 / 玉米面  ―  yùmǐmiàn  ―  corn flour
      麵粉 / 面粉  ―  miànfěn  ―  flour
    2. dough
    3. noodles (Classifier: 碗 m c; 條／条 m c; 個／个 c)
      湯麵 / 汤面  ―  tāngmiàn  ―  noodles in soup
    4. (Mainland China) powder
      藥麵兒 / 药面儿  ―  yàomiànr  ―  medicinal powder
    5. (Mainland China, dialectal) soft and floury
      這塊白薯很麵。 / 这块白薯很面。  ―  Zhè kuài báishǔ hěn miàn.  ―  This piece of sweet potato is really soft and floury.
    6. (Mandarin, colloquial, of a person) weak; timid; indecisive; slow

    SynonymsEdit

    Dialectal synonyms of 麵粉 (“(wheat) flour”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 麵粉
    Mandarin Beijing 白麵, 麵
    Taiwan 麵粉
    Harbin 白麵, 麵
    Jinan 白麵, 麵
    Muping 麵
    Luoyang 白麵, 麵
    Wanrong 麵
    Xi'an 麵, 麥麵
    Xining 白麵, 麵粉
    Xuzhou 麵粉, 麵, 白麵
    Yinchuan 麵
    Lanzhou 白麵
    Ürümqi 白麵, 麵
    Wuhan 灰麵, 麵粉
    Chengdu 灰麵, 麵粉
    Guiyang 灰麵
    Liuzhou 灰麵, 麵粉
    Yangzhou 乾麵
    Nanjing 乾麵, 麵粉
    Hefei 灰麵
    Singapore 麵粉
    Cantonese Guangzhou 麵粉, 灰麵
    Hong Kong 麵粉
    Dongguan 麵粉
    Yangjiang 麵粉
    Gan Nanchang 灰麵
    Lichuan 麵灰
    Pingxiang 灰麵
    Hakka Meixian 麵粉, 麥粉
    Yudu 麵粉
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 麵粉
    Liudui (S. Sixian) 麵粉
    Hsinchu (Hailu) 麵粉
    Dongshi (Dabu) 麵粉
    Hsinchu (Raoping) 麵粉
    Yunlin (Zhao'an) 麵粉
    Huizhou Jixi 灰麵, 麵, 白麵
    Jin Taiyuan 麵, 好麵, 白麵
    Xinzhou 麵, 好麵
    Min Bei Jian'ou 麵灰
    Min Dong Fuzhou 麵粉
    Min Nan Xiamen 麵粉
    Quanzhou 麵粉
    Zhangzhou 麵粉
    Taipei 麵粉
    Kaohsiung 麵粉
    Tainan 麵粉
    Taichung 麵粉
    Hsinchu 麵粉
    Lukang 麵粉
    Sanxia 麵粉
    Yilan 麵粉
    Kinmen 麵粉
    Magong 麵粉
    Singapore (Hokkien) 麵粉
    Manila (Hokkien) 麵粉
    Chaozhou 麵粉, 麵灰
    Singapore (Teochew) 麵粉
    Haikou 麵粉, 麵
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 麵粉
    Wu Shanghai 麵粉, 乾麵
    Chongming 乾麵
    Suzhou 麵餑, 麵粉
    Danyang 麵白, 麵糏
    Hangzhou 麵粉
    Ningbo 麵粉
    Wenzhou 麵粉, 飛麵
    Jinhua 飛麵, 麥粉
    Xiang Changsha 灰麵
    Shuangfeng 灰麵
    Loudi 灰麵粉
    Dialectal synonyms of 麵條 (“noodle”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 麵條, 麵
    Mandarin Beijing 麵條兒, 麵
    Taiwan 麵條, 麵
    Harbin 麵條兒
    Jinan 麵條兒, 麵
    Muping 麵
    Luoyang 麵條兒, 麵
    Wanrong 飯
    Xi'an 麵
    Xining 麵條兒
    Xuzhou 麵條兒, 麵條子
    Yinchuan 麵條子, 麵
    Lanzhou 麵條子
    Ürümqi 麵條子, 麵
    Wuhan 麵, 麵條
    Chengdu 麵
    Guiyang 麵
    Liuzhou 麵條, 麵
    Yangzhou 麵
    Nanjing 麵, 麵條
    Hefei 麵條, 麵
    Malaysia 麵
    Singapore 麵
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 麵, 飯
    Cantonese Guangzhou 麵
    Hong Kong 麵
    Dongguan 麵
    Yangjiang 麵
    Kuala Lumpur 麵
    Singapore 麵
    Gan Nanchang 麵
    Lichuan 麵
    Pingxiang 麵
    Hakka Meixian 麵, 麵條
    Yudu 麵
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 麵
    Liudui (S. Sixian) 麵
    Hsinchu (Hailu) 麵
    Dongshi (Dabu) 大麵, 麵
    Hsinchu (Raoping) 麵
    Yunlin (Zhao'an) 大麵
    Huizhou Jixi 麵
    Jin Taiyuan 麵條子, 麵條, 麵
    Xinzhou 麵條子, 條條子麵, 條子麵, 麵
    Min Bei Jian'ou 麵
    Min Dong Fuzhou 麵
    Min Nan Xiamen 麵
    Quanzhou 麵
    Zhangzhou 麵
    Yilan 麵
    Penang (Hokkien) 麵
    Singapore (Hokkien) 麵
    Manila (Hokkien) 麵
    Chaozhou 麵
    Shantou 麵
    Singapore (Teochew) 麵
    Haikou 麵, 麵條
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 麵
    Wu Shanghai 麵, 麵條
    Chongming 麵
    Suzhou 麵
    Danyang 麵
    Hangzhou 麵
    Ningbo 麵
    Wenzhou 麵
    Jinhua 麵
    Xiang Changsha 麵
    Shuangfeng 麵

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 麵

    See alsoEdit

    DescendantsEdit

    • → English: mee (via Hokkien or Teochew)
    • → Malay: mi (via Hokkien or Teochew)
    • → Indonesian: mi (via Hokkien or Teochew)

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    Shinjitai

    		麺

    Kyūjitai

    		麵

    KanjiEdit

    麵

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 麺)

    1. flour
    2. dough
    3. noodles

    ReadingsEdit

    • Go-on: めん (men)
    • Kan-on: べん (ben)
    • Kun: むぎこ (mugiko, 麵)

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    麵 • (myeon) (hangeul 면)

    1. wheat flour
    2. noodles

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    麵 (diện, mì, miến)

    1. wheat
    2. noodles
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