緬

See also: 缅

Translingual

Han character

緬 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火一田中 (VFMWL), four-corner 2196₀, composition ⿰糹面)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 931, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27674
• Dae Jaweon: page 1370, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3425, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7DEC

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Chinese

trad.		緬
simp.		缅
alternative forms		⿰纟𫩑 (second-round simplified)

Glyph origin

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 緬

1. distant, remote
2. Short for 緬甸／缅甸 (Miǎndiàn, “Myanmar, Burma”).

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Japanese

Kanji

緬

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. fine thread
2. Abbreviation of 緬甸 (Menden, Biruma): Burma (Myanmar)

Readings

• Go-on: めん (men)
• Kan-on: べん (ben)
• Kun: ほそいと (hosoito); はるか (haruka); かるい (karui, 緬い)

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Korean

Hanja

緬 • (myeon) (hangeul 면)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 緬 (miễn, mén, diến, miến, rịn)

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