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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Etymology

Pictogram (象形), looks like man's face, derived from 𦣻.

In Simplified Chinese, was merged with 面.

[edit] Han character

(radical 176 +0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一田尸中 (MWSL), 一田卜中 (MWYL), four-corner 10600)

  1. face
  2. surface
  3. plane
  4. side, dimension
  5. noodle (only in Simplified Chinese), Traditional

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 1383, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42618
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1896, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4398, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9762

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(jyutping min6, Yale mihn)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(grade 3 kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Noun

(hiragana おもて, romaji omote) (alternative reading hiragana おも, romaji omo)

  1. face

[edit] Noun

(hiragana めん, romaji men)

  1. face
  2. surface
  3. mask
  4. page

[edit] Noun

(hiragana つら, romaji tsura)

  1. face
  2. surface
  3. mask
  4. page

[edit] Suffix

(hiragana づら, romaji zura)

  1. -looking

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: myeon, McCune-Reischauer: myŏn, Yale: myen)
  • Name (hangeul):  (revised: nat, McCune-Reischauer: nat)

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ miɛn˥˩ ]

[edit] Hanzi

(traditional , pinyin miǎn (mian3), miàn (mian4), Wade-Giles mien3, mien4)

[edit] Noun

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin miàn)

  1. (Elementary Mandarin) face
  2. (Elementary Mandarin) surface
  3. (Elementary Mandarin) aspect

[edit] Noun

(simplified, Pinyin miàn, traditional )

  1. (Elementary Mandarin) noodles
  2. (Elementary Mandarin) wheat flour

[edit] Compounds

[edit] References

  • Shao, Jingmin (ed.) (2000). HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English). Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers. ISBN 7561720785.
  • " (in Mandarin/English)." Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2008-08-08.

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(diện, miến)

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