Chinese

麵

miàn
flour
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 1
  • TOCFL 2
  • radical 麥
  • 20 strokes
  • 麫

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Origin

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

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese麥 “general term for wheat, barley, oats, ryes, etc.”
    • soundChinese來 “to come; to arrive”
    • meaningChinese夊 “of going, slow”
  • soundChinese面 “face (Classifier: 塊／块 c)”

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