臱

臱 U+81F1, 臱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81F1 ← 臰 [U+81F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 臲 → [U+81F2]

Translingual

Han character

臱 (Kangxi radical 132, 自+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹山十金尸 (HUJCS), composition ⿳自穴方)

Derived characters

• 邊, 䟍, 櫋, 矏, 䡻, 𠐈, 𡒳, 𢣔, 𤁻, 𥣰, 𧭮, 𨲾, 㝰, 𥵨, 䰓, 𠥣, 𠥫, 䫵, 𬪟, 𫸣, 𦍇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1000, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30124
• Dae Jaweon: page 1457, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3048, character 20
• Unihan data for U+81F1

Chinese

trad.		臱
simp. #		臱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 臱
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (臱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
臱	*men
矏	*men, *meːn
櫋	*men
籩	*mpeːn
邊	*mpeːn

Original form of 邊. In oracle bone inscriptions, phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *men): semantic 自 (“since; from”) + phonetic 丙 (OC *pqraŋʔ). It's possible that 自 was also a sound component as the original form of 鼻 (OC *blids). In bronze inscriptions 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ, “side; direction”) was added as a semantic or phonetic component.

In the modern form, 丙 has corrupted into 穴. In the seal script form, 方 corrupted into 𠔽.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mián (mian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mián
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mián
    • Wade–Giles: mien²
    • Yale: myán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian
    • Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: min⁴
    • Yale: mìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjien

Rime
Character	臱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武延切
Baxter	mjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mian/
Li Rong	/miɛn/
Wang Li	/mĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*men/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	臱
Reading #	1/1
No.	9052
Phonetic component	臱
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	緜
Old Chinese	/*men/

Definitions

臱

1. (historical dictionaries only) to not see
2. (historical dictionaries only, literary) to look off into the distance

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 臱 – see 籩 (“bamboo container for dried fruits and meat, used in ancient ritual sacrifices or banquets”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of 籩).

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 3), p. 186

Japanese

Kanji

臱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): べん (ben)、めん (men)