偭

偭	U+506D, 偭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-506D

← 偬
[U+506C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

偮 →
[U+506E]

Translingual

Han character

偭 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人一田中 (OMWL), four-corner 2126₀, composition ⿰亻面)

face to
violate

References

KangXi: page 111, character 26

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 890

Dae Jaweon: page 237, character 23

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 188, character 6

Unihan data for U+506D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		偭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偭

**Small seal script**
s05808

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone 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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miǎn (mian³)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁵, min⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miǎn
  - Wade–Giles: mien³
  - Yale: myǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
  - Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁵, min⁶
  - Yale: míhn, mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵, min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁵, min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³/, /miːn²²/

Middle Chinese: /miᴇn^X/, /miᴇn^H/

Rime
Character	偭	偭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彌兖切	彌箭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇn^X/	/miᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛn^X/	/miɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæn^X/	/mjæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mian^X/	/mian^H/
Li Rong	/miɛn^X/	/miɛn^H/
Wang Li	/mĭɛn^X/	/mĭɛn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛn^X/	/mi̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎn	miàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min⁵	min⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*menʔ/, /*mens/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偭	偭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9096	9099
Phonetic component	面	面
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	緬	面
Old Chinese	/*menʔ/	/*mens/

Definitions

偭

(literary) to face; to be facing
(literary) to violate; to transgress
固時俗之工巧兮，偭規矩而改錯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
固时俗之工巧兮，偭规矩而改错。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
Gù shísú zhī gōngqiǎo xī, miǎn guījǔ ér gǎicuò. [Pinyin]
Solid the contemporary trend of trickeries: against the norms and substituting misdeeds.

Japanese

Kanji

偭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

transgress

Readings

On (unclassified): べん (ben); めん (men)

Kun: むかう (mukau); そむく (somuku); かなう (kanau)

Korean

Hanja

偭 (eum 면 (myeon))

face to