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Translingual
Stroke order
A variant form with 刀 rather than ⺈ on top exists.
There is another variant, in which the left-handed stroke ㇓ is written as two separate components. This variant is adopted by Japanese shinjitai .
Han character
免 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿 +5 in Chinese , 儿+6 in Japanese , 7 strokes in Chinese , 8 strokes in Japanese , cangjie input 弓日竹山 (NAHU ), four-corner 27416 , composition ⿱⺈ ⿸⿻口 丿 乚 (G H T K ) or ⿳⺈ 𫩏 儿 (J V ) or ⿱刀 ⿸⿻口 丿 乚 (U+FA32))
Derived characters
俛 , 凂 , 娩 , 㝃 , 㡈 , 悗 , 挽 , 浼 , 晚 (晩 ), 梚 , 㻊 , 脕 , 睌 , 䅋 , 絻 (𰬜 ), 輓 (𬨈 ), 鋔 , 鞔 , 鮸 (𩾃 )
兔 , 勉 , 莬 , 冕
Additional Derived Characters
𠲶 , 𰉲 , 𡷭 , 𮥊 , 𨓜 , 𬊕 , 𥙵 , 𪽿 , 𧚇 , 𰰃 , 𧖵 , 𧨕 , 𮚻 , 𨁙 , 𨉏 , 𠬍 , 𩈦 , 𩛟 , 𡽏 , 𣚻 , 𩣦 , 𰫌 , 𮭵 , 𭐅 , 𩆊
𪞁 , 勉 , 勉 , 𫰲 , 𣆶 , 𤿯 , 𥇅 , 𪞂 , 𨌜 , 𨽺 , 𡢎 , 𠒾 , 𠓄 , 𬷖 , 𠓍
𫥎 , 𪾐 , 𭀰 , 𡨚 , 𡸊 , 𰭍 , 冕 , 𤲈 , 𥦙 , 𬞎 , 𪳟 , 𭔑 , 𫙁 , 𡿢 , 𰛂 , 𨵃 , 𣻖 , 𣘽 , 𭓛 , 𬘇 , 𪒣 , 𥃢 , 𦇿 , 𰅈 , 𠢖
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 124 , character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1358
Dae Jaweon: page 264, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 270, character 9
Unihan data for U+514D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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
Pictogram (象形 ) – a man wearing a ceremonial hat. Then borrowed for abstract meanings. The derivative 冕 (OC *mronʔ ) refers to the original word.
See also 敖 , 冒 , and 美 .
Pronunciation 1
Note :
miang2/miêng2 - literary (including “there is no need”, miêng2 - Chaozhou);
ming2/mêng2 - vernacular (mêng2 - Jieyang).
(Leizhou )
Leizhou Pinyin : mieng2
Sinological IPA : /mieŋ³¹/
Wu
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
免
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
miǎn
Middle Chinese
‹ mjenX ›
Old Chinese
/*mrʔ/
English
avoid
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
免
Reading #
1/1
No.
9065
Phonetic component
免
Rime group
元
Rime subdivision
3
Corresponding MC rime
免
Old Chinese
/*mronʔ/
Definitions
免
to take off ; to remove from the body
to avoid ; to escape ; to evade
to release ; to set free
to excuse from; to exempt
to discharge ; to waive ; to forgive
to remove ; to dismiss (from office )
to be not allowed ; to be forbidden to
( Southern Min ) it is not necessary ; there is no need
( obsolete ) alternative form of 娩
Synonyms
免除 ( miǎnchú ) 刷 ( colloquial ) 削 ( literary, or in compounds ) 削除 ( xuēchú ) 去掉 ( qùdiào ) 去除 ( qùchú ) 報銷 / 报销 ( bàoxiāo ) ( figurative, humorous ) 屏除 ( bǐngchú ) 廓清 ( kuòqīng ) 打掉 ( dǎdiào ) 掃 / 扫 排解 ( páijiě ) 掃除 / 扫除 ( sǎochú ) ( figurative ) 排除 ( páichú ) 摒除 ( bìngchú ) 撤 ( chè ) 撤除 ( chèchú ) 消 ( xiāo ) 消弭 ( xiāomǐ ) ( literary ) 消解 ( xiāojiě ) 消釋 / 消释 ( xiāoshì ) ( figurative ) 消除 ( xiāochú ) 淘汰 ( táotài ) 清洗 ( qīngxǐ ) ( figurative ) 清除 ( qīngchú ) 破 ( pò ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 破壞 / 破坏 ( pòhuài ) 破除 ( pòchú ) 祛除 ( qūchú ) 罷 / 罢 翦落 ( jiǎnluò ) ( literary ) 肅清 / 肃清 ( sùqīng ) 蕩 / 荡 ( dàng ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 解釋 / 解释 ( jiěshì ) ( archaic ) 解除 ( jiěchú ) 鋤 / 锄 ( chú ) 鏟除 / 铲除 ( chǎnchú ) 除 除去 ( chúqù ) 除忒 ( Hakka ) 除掉 ( chúdiào ) 除開 / 除开 ( chúkāi ) 革除 ( géchú ) 驅散 / 驱散 ( qūsàn ) 驅走 / 驱走 ( qūzǒu ) 驅除 / 驱除 ( qūchú )
( to evade ) : 避開 / 避开 (bìkāi )
( it is not necessary ) :
Dialectal synonyms of
不用 (“need not”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
不必 , 無須 , 毋庸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
不必 , 毋須 , 無須 , 無須乎 , 不待
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
甭 , 不用 , 甭用
Taiwan
不用
Shenyang
甭
Malaysia
不用
Singapore
不用 , 不必
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
甭
Central Plains Mandarin
Xi'an
不用
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
不消
Wuhan
不消 , 用不著
Kunming
不用
Jianghuai Mandarin
Yangzhou
用不著
Hefei
不用
Cantonese
Guangzhou
唔使
Hong Kong
唔使
Macau
唔使
Taishan
唔使 , 冇使
Dongguan
唔使
Yangjiang
無使 , 使乜
Hepu (Lianzhou)
冇使
Hepu (Shatian)
冇使
Beihai
冇使
Beihai (Nankang)
冇使
Beihai (Yingpan)
冇使
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
冇使
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
冇使
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
冇使
Singapore (Guangfu)
唔使
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
唔使
Gan
Nanchang
不消 , 用不著
Hakka
Meixian
唔使
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
唔使
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
唔使
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
唔使
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
唔使
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
唔使
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
唔使
Kuching (Hepo)
唔使
Jin
Taiyuan
不用
Northern Min
Jian'ou
伓讓
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
伓使
Matsu
伓使
Singapore (Fuqing)
伓使
Southern Min
Xiamen
毋免 , 免 , 毋使
Quanzhou
毋免 , 免
Zhangzhou
毋免 , 免 , 毋使
Taipei
毋免 , 免
Kaohsiung
毋免 , 免
Penang (Hokkien)
毋免 , 免
Singapore (Hokkien)
毋免 , 免
Manila (Hokkien)
毋免 , 免
Chaozhou
免 , 免用
Shantou
免 , 免用
Shantou (Chenghai)
免
Shantou (Chaoyang)
免
Jieyang
免 , 免用
Singapore (Teochew)
免
Pontianak (Teochew)
免
Wenchang
無用
Singapore (Hainanese)
無用
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
唔使
Wu
Shanghai
勿要 , 覅 , 用勿著 , 勿用 , 好勿要 , 好覅
Suzhou
用勿著
Ningbo
甮 , 好甮
Wenzhou
覅用 , 否用
Xiang
Changsha
不消
Shuangfeng
不消 , 不要
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
免
( historical ) alternative form of 絻 / 𰬜 ( wèn , “ a kind of mourning apparel ” )
bud
Compounds
References
“免 ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database) , 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong ), 2014–
“免 ”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C. , 2025 .
李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019 ) “免 ”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press , →ISBN , page 212 .
Japanese
Shinjitai
免
Kyūjitai
免 免
or免 +︀
?
免󠄁 免 +󠄁
? (Adobe-Japan1 )
免󠄄 免 +󠄄
? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
免
(Jōyō kanji )
to avoid , to escape
to release , to set free , to discharge
to exempt
to forgive
to dismiss , to discharge
Antonyms : 任
Readings
Go-on : めん ( men , Jōyō )
Kan-on : べん ( ben )
Kun : まぬかれる ( manuka reru , 免れる , Jōyō ) ←まぬかる ( manuka ru , 免る , historical ) 、まぬがれる ( manuga reru , 免れる ) ←まぬかる ( manu karu , 免かる , historical ) 、ぬぐ ( nu gu , 免ぐ ) 、ゆるす ( yuru su , 免す )
Compounds
Pronunciation
Noun
免( めん ) • (men )
dismissal , being made to quit
References
Korean
Hanja
免 (eumhun 해산 할 문 ( haesanhal mun ) )
hanja form? of 문 ( “ dismiss , discharge , disband ” )
免 (eumhun 면할 면 ( myeonhal myeon ) )
hanja form? of 면 ( “ spare , excuse from, evade ” )
Vietnamese
Han character
免 : Hán Nôm readings: miễn , mấy , mến , mém , mễm
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