丏

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See also: 丐
丏 U+4E0F, 丏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E0F
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 丐 →

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

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
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

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
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

(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

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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