缅怀
miǎn​huái HSK7

commemorate

缅 miǎn distant Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 面 represents the sound. Simplified form of 緬.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

面
面 Sound component
miàn, mian face

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

怀 huái bosom, embrace Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 褱 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懷.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

不
不 Simplified component
bù, bu no

Shorthand for the phonetic 褱 component in the traditional character 懷.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

緬 distant Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 面 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

面
面 Sound component
miàn, mian face

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmenʔ
Unicodemiɛ̌n

說文解字

微絲也。从糸面聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

懷 huái bosom, embrace Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 褱 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

褱
褱 Sound component
huái to carry in the bosom or the sleeve

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthweaj[g]ˤruj bosom; embrace

說文解字

《說文》：“懷，念思也。从心，褱聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)