免

Translingual

Han character

免 (radical 10 儿+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓日竹山 (NAHU), four-corner 2741₆)

1. spare
2. excuse from
3. evade

Derived characters

As phonetic:

• 晩 挽 悗 輓
• 勉 娩 俛 冕
• 逸

References

• KangXi: page 124, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1358
• Dae Jaweon: page 264, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 270, character 9
• Unihan data for U+514D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

免 (jyutping man6, min5, Yale man6, min5)

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Japanese

Kanji

免 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: めん (men), べん (ben)
• Kun: まぬかれる (manukareru), ゆるす (yurusu)

Noun

免 (hiragana めん, romaji men)

1. dismissal, being made to quit

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Korean

Hanja

免 (hangeul 면, 문, revised myeon, mun, McCune-Reischauer myŏn, mun)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

免 (pinyin miǎn (mian3), Wade-Giles mien³)

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bɪɛn˥˧]

Adverb

免 (traditional and simplified, POJ bián)

1. it is not necessary; there is no need

Synonyms

• 不免 (m̄-bián)

See also

• (Mandarin) 不用 (búyòng, bùyòng)
• (Mandarin) trad. 別, simpl. 别 (bié)

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Vietnamese

Han character

免 (miễn, mấy, mến, mém, mễm)