miǎnmiàn

to look askance

Components

Meaning component
eye

eye

Sound component
miǎn parapet

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmenXmˤe[n]ʔlook askance
Zhengzhangmeːnʔ
meːns
Unicodemèn
měn

說文解字

目偏合也。一曰衺視也。秦語。从目丏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica