偭

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		偭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎn (mian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁵ / min⁶

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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/

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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

(deprecated template usage) 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]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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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)

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Korean

Hanja

偭 • (myeon) (hangeul 면, revised myeon, McCune–Reischauer myŏn)

1. face to