麵

See also: 面, 麺, 麪, and 麫
麵 U+9EB5, 麵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EB5
← 麴
[U+9EB4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 麶 →
[U+9EB6]

Translingual
Traditional 麵
Shinjitai 麺
Simplified 面

Han character

麵 (Kangxi radical 199, 麥+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十弓一田中 (JNMWL) or 十水一田中 (JEMWL), four-corner 41246, composition ⿰麥面 or ⿺麥面)

References
  • KangXi: page 1514, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47827
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2043, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4605, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9EB5

Chinese
trad. 麵/麪
simp. 面*
2nd round simp. 𫩑
alternative forms 麺
麫／面
糆
𪋽

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 麵
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (面) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蝒 *men
緬 *menʔ
湎 *menʔ
愐 *menʔ
偭 *menʔ, *mens
勔 *menʔ
面 *mens
麵 *meːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *meːns) : semantic 麥／麦 (“wheat”) + phonetic 面 (OC *mens). Originally 麪.

Pronunciation

Note: erhua-ed - “powder”.
Note:
  • mī - vernacular;
  • biān - literary.
Rime
Character 麵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 莫甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /menH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /menH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /menH/
Wang
Li		 /mienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 miàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 min6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 麵
Reading # 1/1
No. 9100
Phonetic
component		 面
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 麫
Old
Chinese		 /*meːns/
Notes 同麪

Definitions

麵

  1. flour
    玉米麵／玉米面  ―  yùmǐmiàn  ―  corn flour
    麵粉／面粉  ―  miànfěn  ―  flour
    發麵／发面  ―  fāmiàn  ―  to leaven a dough
  2. wheat noodles (Classifier: 碗 m c; 條／条 m c; 個／个 c)
    湯麵／汤面  ―  tāngmiàn  ―  noodles in soup
  3. (Mainland China) powder
    藥麵兒／药面儿  ―  yàomiànr  ―  medicinal powder
  4. (Mainland China, dialectal) soft and floury
    這塊白薯很麵。／这块白薯很面。  ―  Zhè kuài báishǔ hěn miàn.  ―  This piece of sweet potato is really soft and floury.
  5. (Mandarin, colloquial, of a person) weak; timid; indecisive; slow

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 粉 (“powder”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 粉
Mandarin Beijing 麵兒／面儿
Jinan 麵兒／面儿
Xi'an 麵麵兒／面面儿
Wuhan 粉子
Chengdu 麵麵／面面, 麵子／面子, 粉粉
Yangzhou 粉子, 粉
Hefei 粉
Singapore 粉
Cantonese Guangzhou 粉
Hong Kong 粉
Yangjiang 粉
Singapore (Guangfu) 粉
Gan Nanchang 粉
Hakka Meixian 粉
Jin Taiyuan 麵麵／面面
Min Bei Jian'ou 粉
Min Dong Fuzhou 粉粉
Min Nan Xiamen 粉
Singapore (Hokkien) 粉
Manila (Hokkien) 粉
Chaozhou 粉
Singapore (Teochew) 粉
Wu Suzhou 粉
Wenzhou 粉
Xiang Changsha 粉子
Shuangfeng 粉子
Dialectal synonyms of 麵粉／面粉 (“(wheat) flour”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 麵粉／面粉, 小麥粉／小麦粉
Mandarin Beijing 白麵／白面, 麵／面
Taiwan 麵粉／面粉
Harbin 白麵／白面, 麵／面
Yantai (Muping) 麵／面
Jinan 白麵／白面, 麵／面
Luoyang 白麵／白面, 麵／面
Wanrong 麵／面
Xi'an 麵／面, 麥麵／麦面
Yinchuan 麵／面
Lanzhou 白麵／白面
Xining 白麵／白面, 麵粉／面粉
Ürümqi 白麵／白面, 麵／面
Wuhan 灰麵／灰面, 麵粉／面粉
Chengdu 灰麵／灰面, 麵粉／面粉
Guiyang 灰麵／灰面
Guilin 麵粉／面粉
Liuzhou 灰麵／灰面, 麵粉／面粉
Xuzhou 麵粉／面粉, 麵／面, 白麵／白面
Wuhu 灰麵／灰面
Yangzhou 乾麵／干面
Nanjing 乾麵／干面, 麵粉／面粉
Hefei 灰麵／灰面
Singapore 麵粉／面粉
Cantonese Guangzhou 麵粉／面粉, 灰麵／灰面
Hong Kong 麵粉／面粉
Dongguan 麵粉／面粉
Yangjiang 麵粉／面粉
Gan Nanchang 灰麵／灰面
Lichuan 麵灰／面灰
Pingxiang 灰麵／灰面
Hakka Meixian 麵粉／面粉, 麥粉／麦粉
Raoping (Xinfeng) 麵灰／面灰
Yudu 麵粉／面粉
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 麵粉／面粉
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 麵粉／面粉
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 麵粉／面粉
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 麵粉／面粉
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 麵粉／面粉
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 麵粉／面粉
Huizhou Jixi 灰麵／灰面, 麵／面, 白麵／白面
Jin Taiyuan 麵／面, 好麵／好面, 白麵／白面
Xinzhou 麵／面, 好麵／好面
Min Bei Jian'ou 麵灰／面灰
Min Dong Fuzhou 麵粉／面粉
Min Nan Xiamen 麵粉／面粉
Quanzhou 麵粉／面粉
Zhangzhou 麵粉／面粉
Taipei 麵粉／面粉
New Taipei (Sanxia) 麵粉／面粉
Kaohsiung 麵粉／面粉
Yilan 麵粉／面粉
Changhua (Lukang) 麵粉／面粉
Taichung 麵粉／面粉
Tainan 麵粉／面粉
Hsinchu 麵粉／面粉
Kinmen 麵粉／面粉
Penghu (Magong) 麵粉／面粉
Singapore (Hokkien) 麵粉／面粉
Manila (Hokkien) 麵粉／面粉
Chaozhou 麵粉／面粉, 麵灰／面灰
Jieyang 麵粞／面粞, 麥粞／麦粞, 麥粉／麦粉
Singapore (Teochew) 麵粉／面粉
Haikou 麵粉／面粉, 麵／面
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 麵粉／面粉
Wu Shanghai 麵粉／面粉, 乾麵／干面
Shanghai (Chongming) 乾麵／干面
Suzhou 麵餑／面饽, 麵粉／面粉
Danyang 麵白／面白, 麵糏／面糏
Hangzhou 麵粉／面粉
Ningbo 麵粉／面粉
Wenzhou 麵粉／面粉, 飛麵／飞面
Jinhua 飛麵／飞面, 麥粉／麦粉
Xiang Changsha 灰麵／灰面
Loudi 灰麵粉／灰面粉
Shuangfeng 灰麵／灰面
Dialectal synonyms of 麵條／面条 (“noodle”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 麵條／面条, 麵／面
Mandarin Beijing 麵條兒／面条儿, 麵／面
Taiwan 麵條／面条, 麵／面
Harbin 麵條兒／面条儿
Yantai (Muping) 麵／面
Jinan 麵條兒／面条儿, 麵／面
Luoyang 麵條兒／面条儿, 麵／面
Wanrong 飯／饭
Xi'an 麵／面
Yinchuan 麵條子／面条子, 麵／面
Lanzhou 麵條子／面条子
Xining 麵條兒／面条儿
Ürümqi 麵條子／面条子, 麵／面
Wuhan 麵／面, 麵條／面条
Chengdu 麵／面
Guiyang 麵／面
Liuzhou 麵條／面条, 麵／面
Xuzhou 麵條兒／面条儿, 麵條子／面条子
Yangzhou 麵／面
Nanjing 麵／面, 麵條／面条
Hefei 麵條／面条, 麵／面
Malaysia 麵／面
Singapore 麵／面
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 麵／面, 飯／饭
Cantonese Guangzhou 麵／面
Hong Kong 麵／面
Dongguan 麵／面
Yangjiang 麵／面
Beihai 麵條／面条
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 麵條／面条
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 麵條／面条
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 麵條／面条
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 麵／面
Penang (Guangfu) 麵／面
Singapore (Guangfu) 麵／面
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 麵／面
Móng Cái 麵條／面条
Yangon (Taishan) 麵／面
Mandalay (Taishan) 麵／面
Gan Nanchang 麵／面
Lichuan 麵／面
Pingxiang 麵／面
Hakka Meixian 麵／面, 麵條／面条
Yudu 麵／面
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 麵／面
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 麵／面
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 麵／面
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 大麵／大面, 麵／面
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 麵／面
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 大麵／大面
Huizhou Jixi 麵／面
Jin Taiyuan 麵條子／面条子, 麵條／面条, 麵／面
Xinzhou 麵條子／面条子, 條條子麵／条条子面, 條子麵／条子面, 麵／面
Min Bei Jian'ou 麵／面
Min Dong Fuzhou 麵／面
Min Nan Xiamen 麵／面
Quanzhou 麵／面
Jinjiang 麵／面
Shishi 麵／面
Zhangzhou 麵／面
Yilan 麵／面
Penang (Hokkien) 麵／面
Singapore (Hokkien) 麵／面
Manila (Hokkien) 麵／面
Chaozhou 麵／面
Shantou 麵／面
Singapore (Teochew) 麵／面
Haikou 麵／面, 麵條／面条
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 麵／面
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 麵／面
Wu Shanghai 麵／面, 麵條／面条
Shanghai (Chongming) 麵／面
Suzhou 麵／面
Danyang 麵／面
Hangzhou 麵／面
Ningbo 麵／面
Wenzhou 麵／面
Jinhua 麵／面
Xiang Changsha 麵／面
Shuangfeng 麵／面

Compounds
Derived terms from 麵

See also

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (麵):
  • → Japanese: 麺(めん) (men)
  • → Korean: 면(麵) (myeon)
  • → Vietnamese: miến (麵, “cellophane noodles”)

Others:

  • → English: mee (via Min Nan)
  • → Malay: mi (via Min Nan)
    • Indonesian: mi
  • → Vietnamese: mì (via Min Nan)

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 麺

Kyūjitai

 麵

Kanji
麵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 麺)

  1. flour
  2. dough
  3. noodles

Readings
  • Go-on: めん (men)
  • Kan-on: べん (ben)
  • Kun: むぎこ (mugiko, 麵)

Korean

Hanja

麵 • (myeon) (hangeul 면)

  1. wheat flour
  2. noodles

Vietnamese

Han character

麵: Hán Nôm readings: diện, mì, miến

  1. wheat
  2. noodles
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.