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冕

miǎn

crown

Phonosemantic compound. 冃 represents the meaning and 免 represents the sound.

Components
冃 meaning component

冃  Meaning component

mào

  

cap

免 sound component

免  Sound component

miǎn, wèn

  

(hat), avoid

Evolution

冕 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
冕 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
冕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
冕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
冕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

冕  

miǎn

crown; ceremonial cap; crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown

Most common words with 冕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

卫冕

to defend the crown (in sports championship)

加冕

to crown

冠冕堂皇

high-sounding

冕

imperial crown

冠冕

royal crown

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mr[o][r]ʔ

mjenX

miǎn

ceremonial cap


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.0503% of movies

2839th most common character in movies

3456th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5195

Shuowen

“冕，大夫以上冠也，邃延垂瑬紞纊。从冃，免聲。古者黃帝初作冕。絻，冕或从糸。”


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