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U+9EB5, 麵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EB5

[U+9EB4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9EB6]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

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

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

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trad. /
simp. *
2nd round simp. 𫩑
alternative forms


𪋽
 
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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *meːns) : semantic (wheat) + phonetic (OC *mens). Originally .

Pronunciation

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Note: erhua-ed - “powder”.
Note:
  • ming5 - vernacular;
  • meng5 - literary.
Note:
  • mī - vernacular;
  • biān - literary.
Note:
  • mi1 - vernacular;
  • mieng7 - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter menH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/menH/
Pan
Wuyun
/menH/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mɛnH/
Li
Rong
/menH/
Wang
Li
/mienH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
miàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
min6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9100
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*meːns/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. flour
    玉米玉米  ―  yùmǐmiàn  ―  corn flour
      ―  miànfěn  ―  flour
      ―  miàn  ―  to leaven a dough
  2. wheat noodles (Classifier: m c;  m c;  c)
      ―  tāngmiàn  ―  noodles in soup
  3. (Mainland China) powder
      ―  yàomiànr  ―  medicinal powder
  4. (Mainland China, dialectal) soft and floury; mealy
    白薯白薯  ―  Zhè kuài báishǔ hěn miàn.  ―  This piece of sweet potato is really mealy.
  5. (Mandarin, colloquial, of a person) weak; timid; indecisive; slow

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Usage notes

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Region
Taiwan standard variant
Hong Kong variant standard

See also

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Descendants

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

Others:

  • English: mee (via Min Nan)
  • Malay: mi (via Min Nan)
    • Indonesian: mi
  • Mauritian Creole: min (via Yue)
  • Thai: หมี่ (mìi) (via Min Nan)
  • Vietnamese: (via Min Nan)

References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. flour
  2. dough
  3. noodles

Readings

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

Korean

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Hanja

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(myeon) (hangeul )

  1. wheat flour
  2. noodles

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: diện, , miến

  1. wheat
  2. noodles
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