miǎn

flushed with drink

A man's face  after drinking  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
SoundMeaning component
miàn, mian face

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjienXmenʔsink in (wine)
Zhengzhangmenʔ

說文解字

沈於酒也。从水面聲。《周書》曰:“罔敢湎于酒。”

Sources

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