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免 U+FA32, 免 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA32 ← 僧 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 勉 →

免 U+2F80E, 免 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F80E ← 𠘺 CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 兔 →

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.

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(GHTK) or ⿳⺈𫩏儿(JV) or ⿱刀⿸⿻口丿乚(U+FA32))

• 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

• 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

• Unihan data for U+FA32

• Unihan data for U+2F80E

Historical forms of the character 免
Shang		Western Zhou	Warring States
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script
Bronze inscriptions b12515 b12516 b12517 b12518 b12519 b12520 Transcribed ancient scripts L34720 L34721 L34722 L34723 L34724
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).

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.

免

1. to take off; to remove from the body
2. to avoid; to escape; to evade

   • 同官之人，知而訐之上者，自免於罪。
     同官之人，知而讦之上者，自免于罪。

     From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3^rd century BCE, translated based on J.J.L. Duyvendak's version

     Tóng guān zhī rén, zhī ér jié zhī shàng zhě, zì miǎn yú zuì.

     Colleagues who, knowing their offence, inform their superiors will themselves escape punishment.

3. to release; to set free
4. to excuse from; to exempt
5. to discharge; to waive; to forgive
6. to remove; to dismiss (from office)
7. to be not allowed; to be forbidden to
8. (Southern Min) it is not necessary; there is no need
9. (obsolete) alternative form of 娩

• (to remove):

• (to evade): 避開／避开 (bìkāi)
• (it is not necessary):

免

1. (historical) alternative form of 絻 / 𰬜 (wèn, “a kind of mourning apparel”)
2. bud

• “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.

Shinjitai	免
Kyūjitai	免 免 or 免+︀?
	免󠄁 免+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	免󠄄 免+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

1. to avoid, to escape
2. to release, to set free, to discharge
3. to exempt
4. to forgive
5. to dismiss, to discharge

   Antonyms : 任

• Go-on: めん (men, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: べん (ben)
• Kun: まぬかれる (manukareru, 免れる, Jōyō)^{←まぬかる (manukaru, 免る, historical)}、まぬがれる (manugareru, 免れる)^{←まぬかる (manukaru, 免かる, historical)}、ぬぐ (nugu, 免ぐ)、ゆるす (yurusu, 免す)

• (to avoid) 免疫
• (to set free) 免許, 放免
• (to exempt) 免除, 免税
• (to forgive) 赦免
• (to dismiss) 免官, 免職, 任免, 罷免

• (Tokyo) めん (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

免(めん) • (men) 

1. dismissal, being made to quit

免 (eumhun 해산할 문 (haesanhal mun))

1. hanja form^? of 문 (“dismiss, discharge, disband”)

免 (eumhun 면할 면 (myeonhal myeon))

1. hanja form^? of 면 (“spare, excuse from, evade”)

免: Hán Nôm readings: miễn, mấy, mến, mém, mễm

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