丏

See also: 丐

丏 U+4E0F, 丏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E0F ← 与 [U+4E0E] CJK Unified Ideographs 丐 → [U+4E10]

Translingual

Han character

丏 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一中女尸 (MLVS), four-corner 1072₇, composition ⿱一⿰⿺𠃊丨𠃌(GHJTV) or ⿱一⿰⿺𠃋丨𠃌(K))

Derived characters

• 𢗔, 沔, 𣏜, 眄, 𥸴, 𥾝(𬘔), 𧉄, 𨟺, 𩉣, 𩾳, 䞛, 麪(𮮄), 𫤫, 𡧍, 𦬛, 𥤵, 髩, 𬂷, 𬯛

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 77, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21
• Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 11, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E0F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丏
Small seal script s06469 Transcribed ancient scripts L16093
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 (丏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
汅	*menʔ
沔	*menʔ
丏	*meːnʔ
眄	*meːnʔ, *meːns
麪	*meːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎn (mian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bián

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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
    • Yale: míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián
    • Tâi-lô: bián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: menX

Rime
Character	丏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	彌殄切
Baxter	menX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/menX/
Pan Wuyun	/menX/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛnX/
Li Rong	/menX/
Wang Li	/mienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*meːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丏
Reading #	1/1
No.	9060
Phonetic component	丏
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	㨠
Old Chinese	/*meːnʔ/

Definitions

丏

1. (literary) to hide from view; to conceal; to be invisible
2. (historical) parapet for warding off arrows
3. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

丏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. parapet
2. invisible

Readings

• Go-on: めん (men)
• Kan-on: べん (ben)
• Kun: みえぬ (mienu, 丏えぬ)

Korean

Hanja

丏 (eumhun 가릴 면 (garil myeon))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丏

Vietnamese

Han character

丏: Hán Việt readings: miện
丏: Nôm readings: miện

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References

• Nom Foundation