懂中文 Dong Chinese

腼

miǎn, tiǎn

modest

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 面 represents the sound. Simplified form of 靦.

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

面 sound component

面  Sound component

miàn

  

face

Evolution

腼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
腼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
腼 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
腼 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

腼 (靦) 

tiǎn

timid, shy, bashful

腼 (靦) 

miǎn

bashful

Most common words with 腼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

腼腆

shy

腼

bashful