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缅

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distant; remote; detailed

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Strokes
12
Radical
糸 +9
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
緬
Common rank
#2,887
Unicode
U+7F05

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Formation & memory

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How 缅 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 meaning “thread” + 面 sound ( miàn )

Components 纟 面

Words with 缅

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WordPinyinMeaning
东缅高原 Dōng Miǎn gāo yuán Eastern Myanmar plateau
沙加缅度 Shā jiā miǎn duó Sacramento
印缅褐头雀鹛 Yìn Miǎn hè tóu què méi (bird species of China) manipur fulvetta (Fulvetta manipurensis)
印缅斑嘴鸭 Yìn Miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
缅文 Miǎn wén Burmese (language, esp. written)
缅甸联邦 Miǎn diàn Lián bāng Union of Myanmar, official name of Burma 1998-2010
缅元 miǎn yuán kyat (currency of Myanmar)
缅甸语 Miǎn diàn yǔ Burmese (language of Myanmar)
缅因 Miǎn yīn Maine, US state
缅怀 miǎn huái to commemorate; to recall fondly; to think of the past
缅甸 Miǎn diàn Myanmar (or Burma)
缅邈 miǎn miǎo far; remote

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 面 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
面 sound part miàn face; surface, side; plane, dimension
腼 miǎn modest, bashful