偭

偭 U+506D, 偭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-506D ← 偬 [U+506C] CJK Unified Ideographs 偮 → [U+506E]

Translingual

Han character

偭 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人一田中 (OMWL), four-corner 2126₀, composition ⿰亻面)

1. face to
2. violate

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 111, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 890
• Dae Jaweon: page 237, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 188, character 6
• Unihan data for U+506D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		偭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偭
Small seal script s05808
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone 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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎn (mian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁵ / min⁶
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): meng³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miǎn
    • Wade–Giles: mien³
    • Yale: myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
    • Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: min⁵ / min⁶
    • Yale: míhn / mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵ / min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁵ / min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³/, /miːn²²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: meng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: meng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biān
    • Tâi-lô: biān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjienX, mjienH

Rime
Character	偭	偭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彌兖切	彌箭切
Baxter	mjienX	mjienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇnX/	/miᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛnX/	/miɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/mjænX/	/mjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mianX/	/mianH/
Li Rong	/miɛnX/	/miɛnH/
Wang Li	/mĭɛnX/	/mĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛnX/	/mi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎn	miàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min5	min6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*menʔ/, /*mens/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偭	偭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9096	9099
Phonetic component	面	面
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	緬	面
Old Chinese	/*menʔ/	/*mens/

Definitions

偭

1. (literary) to face; to be facing
2. (literary) to violate; to transgress

   固時俗之工巧兮，偭規矩而改錯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   固时俗之工巧兮，偭规矩而改错。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

   Gù shísú zhī gōngqiǎo xī, miǎn guījǔ ér gǎicuò. [Pinyin]

   Solid the contemporary trend of trickeries: against the norms and substituting misdeeds.

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “偭”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 157.

Japanese

Kanji

偭

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. transgress

Readings

• On (unclassified): べん (ben)、めん (men)
• Kun: むかう (mukau)、そむく (somuku)、かなう (kanau)

Korean

Hanja

偭 (eum 면 (myeon))

1. face to