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 (Kangxi 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*
2nd round simp. 𫩑
alternative forms 麺
麫／面
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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		min6
    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
      發麵／发面  ―  fāmiàn  ―  to leaven a dough
    2. wheat noodles (Classifier: 碗 m c; 條／条 m c; 個／个 c)
      湯麵／汤面  ―  tāngmiàn  ―  noodles in soup
    3. (Mainland China) powder
      藥麵兒／药面儿  ―  yàomiànr  ―  medicinal powder
    4. (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.
    5. (Mandarin, colloquial, of a person) weak; timid; indecisive; slow

    SynonymsEdit

    Dialectal synonyms of 粉 (“powder”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 粉
    Mandarin Beijing 麵兒
    Jinan 麵兒
    Xi'an 麵麵兒
    Wuhan 粉子
    Chengdu 麵麵, 麵子, 粉粉
    Yangzhou 粉子, 粉
    Hefei 粉
    Singapore 粉
    Cantonese Guangzhou 粉
    Hong Kong 粉
    Yangjiang 粉
    Singapore (Guangfu) 粉
    Gan Nanchang 粉
    Hakka Meixian 粉
    Jin Taiyuan 麵麵
    Min Bei Jian'ou 粉
    Min Dong Fuzhou 粉粉
    Min Nan Xiamen 粉
    Singapore (Hokkien) 粉
    Manila (Hokkien) 粉
    Chaozhou 粉
    Singapore (Teochew) 粉
    Wu Suzhou 粉
    Wenzhou 粉
    Xiang Changsha 粉子
    Shuangfeng 粉子
    Dialectal synonyms of 麵粉 (“(wheat) flour”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 麵粉, 小麥粉
    Mandarin Beijing 白麵, 麵
    Taiwan 麵粉
    Harbin 白麵, 麵
    Yantai (Muping) 麵
    Jinan 白麵, 麵
    Luoyang 白麵, 麵
    Wanrong 麵
    Xi'an 麵, 麥麵
    Yinchuan 麵
    Lanzhou 白麵
    Xining 白麵, 麵粉
    Ürümqi 白麵, 麵
    Wuhan 灰麵, 麵粉
    Chengdu 灰麵, 麵粉
    Guiyang 灰麵
    Guilin 麵粉
    Liuzhou 灰麵, 麵粉
    Xuzhou 麵粉, 麵, 白麵
    Wuhu 灰麵
    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
    Raoping (Xinfeng) 麵灰
    Yudu 麵粉
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 麵粉
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 麵粉
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 麵粉
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 麵粉
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 麵粉
    Yunlin (Lunbei; 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
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 麵粉
    Kaohsiung 麵粉
    Yilan 麵粉
    Changhua (Lukang) 麵粉
    Taichung 麵粉
    Tainan 麵粉
    Hsinchu 麵粉
    Kinmen 麵粉
    Penghu (Magong) 麵粉
    Singapore (Hokkien) 麵粉
    Manila (Hokkien) 麵粉
    Chaozhou 麵粉, 麵灰
    Jieyang 麵粞, 麥粞, 麥粉
    Singapore (Teochew) 麵粉
    Haikou 麵粉, 麵
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 麵粉
    Wu Shanghai 麵粉, 乾麵
    Shanghai (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
    Loudi 灰麵粉
    Shuangfeng 灰麵
    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
    Yantai (Muping) 麵
    Jinan 麵條兒, 麵
    Luoyang 麵條兒, 麵
    Wanrong 飯
    Xi'an 麵
    Yinchuan 麵條子, 麵
    Lanzhou 麵條子
    Xining 麵條兒
    Ürümqi 麵條子, 麵
    Wuhan 麵, 麵條
    Chengdu 麵
    Guiyang 麵
    Liuzhou 麵條, 麵
    Xuzhou 麵條兒, 麵條子
    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
    Beihai 麵條
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 麵條
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 麵條
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 麵條
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 麵
    Penang (Guangfu) 麵
    Singapore (Guangfu) 麵
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 麵
    Móng Cái 麵條
    Yangon (Taishan) 麵
    Mandalay (Taishan) 麵
    Gan Nanchang 麵
    Lichuan 麵
    Pingxiang 麵
    Hakka Meixian 麵, 麵條
    Yudu 麵
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 麵
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 麵
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 麵
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 大麵, 麵
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 麵
    Yunlin (Lunbei; 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
    Jinjiang 麵
    Shishi 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
    Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 麵
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 麵
    Wu Shanghai 麵, 麵條
    Shanghai (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

    Sino-Xenic (麵):
    • → Japanese: 麺(めん) (men)
    • → Korean: 면 (麵, myeon)
    • → Vietnamese: miến (麵, “cellophane noodles”)

    Others:

    • → English: mee (via Min Nan)
    • → Malay: mi (via Min Nan)
      • Indonesian: mi
    • → Vietnamese: mì (via Min Nan)

    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: Hán Nôm readings: diện, mì, miến

    1. wheat
    2. noodles
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