冕

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冕 U+5195, 冕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5195
← 冔
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 冖 →

冕 U+2F8D3, 冕
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8D3
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 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 最 →

Translingual

冕

Han character

冕 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 日弓日山 (ANAU), four-corner 60416, composition ⿱冃免 (GTJV) or ⿱日免 (K))

  1. crown
  2. ceremonial cap

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1545
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1514, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5195

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 冕
alternative forms 絻／𰬜
冕 (miǎn)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (免) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
免 *mronʔ
娩 *mronʔ, *mronʔ, *m̥ʰons, *monʔ, *mons, *muns
勉 *mronʔ
俛 *mronʔ
鮸 *mronʔ
冕 *mronʔ
絻 *mronʔ, *moːn, *muns
婏 *m̥ʰos
浼 *muːlʔ
鞔 *moːn
悗 *moːn
嬎 *m̥ʰons
晚 *monʔ
挽 *monʔ
輓 *monʔ, *mons
脕 *monʔ, *mons, *muns
莬 *muns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 冕
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 仙 (79)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 亡辨切
Baxter mjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mianX/
Li
Rong 		/mjɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/mĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		miǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		min5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 冕
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		miǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjenX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mrʔ/
English ceremonial cap

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 冕
Reading # 1/1
No. 9071
Phonetic
component 		免
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		免
Old
Chinese 		/*mronʔ/

Definitions

冕

  1. ceremonial cap; crown
    加冕  ―  jiāmiǎn  ―  to crown; to invest as monarch
    冠冕  ―  guànmiǎn  ―  official's hat; royal crown; official; leader
  2. (by extension) things similar to a crown
    日冕  ―  rìmiǎn  ―  corona
    衛冕／卫冕  ―  wèimiǎn  ―  to defend one's title; to defend one's championship

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

冕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Pronunciation

Noun

冕(べん) • (ben) 

  1. crown

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 冕 (MC mjenX).

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

冕 (eumhun 면류관 면 (myeollyugwan myeon))

  1. crown

Compounds

References

  • Naver Hanja Dictionary: 冕
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
  • Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005).
  • 冕 in dictionaries at daum.net

Vietnamese

Han character

冕: Hán Nôm readings: miện, mịn

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