miǎntiǎn

face to face

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
面 meaning component

  Meaning component

miàn

  

face

見 sound component

  Sound component

jiànxiàn

  

see

Evolution

靦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
靦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

tiǎn

timid, shy, bashful

() 

miǎn

variant of |[miǎn]

() 

miǎn

bashful

Most common words with 靦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

腼腆

shy

bashful