腼 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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miǎn, tiǎn

modest

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

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

面 Sound component

miàn

face

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

tiǎn

timid, shy, bashful

miǎn

bashful

Most common words with 腼

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	腼腆	shy
	腼	bashful

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4178th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Sources