miǎn to escape; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office

Made up of [ cover; crown radical 14, ér legs radical 10]
Used as component in : wǎn
Made with 7 strokes.
Originally a picture of a woman giving birth - hence 'escape', 'exit'

Related characters


Also uses component: ài (love) láo (to toil) ; měi (each) ; měng (Mongol) ; nóng (to farm) ; xiě (write)
Also uses ér component: ér (child) guāng (light) ; jiàn (see) ; (to be able to) ; (rabbit) ; xiān (first) ; xiōng (elder brother) ; yuán (primary) ; zhēn (really)

Different tone

mián (roof) ; miàn (face)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

未能免俗 wèi néng miǎn sú Unable to do what you want because social conventions forbid it. Doing something just because it is expected.