腼腆
miǎn​tiǎn

shy

腼 miǎn, tiǎn modest Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 面 represents the sound. Simplified form of 靦.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

面
面 Sound component
miàn, mian face

Sources

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Unicode

腆 tiǎn prosperous

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 典 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

典
典 Sound component
diǎn document, work of scholarship

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthenXtʰˤə[n]ʔthick, ample
Zhengzhangtʰɯːnʔ

說文解字

設膳腆腆多也。从肉典聲。

Sources

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

靦 face to face Traditional

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

Components

面
面 Meaning component
miàn, mian face
見
見 Sound component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰɯːnʔ

說文解字

面見也。从面、見，見亦聲。《詩》曰：“有靦面目。”

Sources

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