麵

See also: 面, 麺, 麪, and 麫

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 麥 (“wheat”) + phonetic 面

Han character

麵 (radical 199 麥+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十弓一田中 (JNMWL), four-corner 4124₆)

1. wheat flour
2. powder
3. soft and floury

References

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

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Chinese

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trad.		麵
simp.		面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mā, miàn (ma¹, mian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ, ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): mī / biān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: ma¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
    • IPA ^(key): /ma̠⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: miàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: mien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miann
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶
    • Yale: mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /miːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī / biān
    • Tâi-lô: mī / biān
    • IPA (Taipei): /mi³³/, /biɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mi²²/, /biɛn²²/
  • Note: mī - vernacular, biān - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (麵, reconstructed)
Character (麵), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 先 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 莫甸切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/menH/	/mienH/	/menH/	/menH/	/mɛnH/	/mienH/	/mɛnH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (麵, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
麵					9100					面					元					2					麫					/*meːns/					同麪

Compounds

• 麵筋
• 麵包
• 炒麵

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

麵

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

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Readings

• On: べん (ben), めん (men)
• Kun: むぎこ (mugiko)

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Korean

Hanja

麵 (myeon) (hangeul 면, revised myeon, McCune-Reischauer myŏn, Yale myen)

1. wheat flour
2. noodles

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Vietnamese

Han character

麵 (miến, diện, mì)

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