䩄
miǎn

face to face

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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)