宀

See also: 冖 and 亠

§Translingual

Stroke order

§Han character

宀 (radical 40 宀+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 戈月 (IB), X戈月 (XIB))

1. roof
2. KangXi radical 40

§References

• KangXi: page 281, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7054
• Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 909, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5B80

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§Chinese

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simp. and trad.		宀

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mián (mian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): mîen, mên
• Min Nan (POJ): miân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mián
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mien²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁴
    • Yale: mìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mîen, mên
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miân
    • Tâi-lô: miân
    • IPA (Taipei): /miɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /miɛn¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (宀, reconstructed)
Character (宀), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 武延切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/miᴇn/	/mi̯ɛn/	/miɛn/	/miɛn/	/mian/	/mĭɛn/	/mjæn/

Old Chinese pronunciation (宀, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
宀								mián								‹ mjien ›								/*me[ŋ] (no pre-Qín exx.)/								house, building
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
宀					9028					宀					元					2					緜					/*men/

§References

• VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)

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§Japanese

§Kanji

宀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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§Readings

• On: べん (ben), めん (men)
• Kun: やね (yane), いえ (ie)

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

宀 (miên)

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§References

• Nom Foundation