冕
crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,664 U+5195
How 冕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
冂 (semantic, “crown”) + 免 (phonetic, miǎn)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 免
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 免 (miǎn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 免 sound component | miǎn | to spare, to excuse from; to evade |
| 挽 | wǎn | to pull, to lead; to pull back, to draw a bow |
| 勉 | miǎn | to endeavor, to make an effort; to urge |
| 谗 | chán | to slander, to defame; to misrepresent |
| 娩 | miǎn | childbirth, labor |
| 絻 | wèn | mourning veil |
| 浼 | měi | to request, to ask a favor; to pollute, to contaminate |
Words containing 冕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冕宁县 | Miǎn níng Xiàn | Mianning, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 … |
| 南冕座 | Nán miǎn zuò | Corona Australis (constellation) |
| 日冕层 | rì miǎn céng | stellar corona |
| 北冕座 | Běi miǎn zuò | Corona Borealis (constellation) |
| 冠冕堂皇 | guān miǎn táng huáng | high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom) |
| 日冕仪 | rì miǎn yí | coronagraph |
| 冕柳莺 | miǎn liǔ yīng | (bird species of China) eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) |
| 日冕 | rì miǎn | stellar corona |
| 加冕 | jiā miǎn | to crown; coronation |
| 冕宁 | Miǎn níng | see 冕寧縣|冕宁县[Mian3 ning2 Xian4] |
| 冕雀 | miǎn què | (bird species of China) sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea) |
| 卫冕 | wèi miǎn | to defend the crown (in sports championship) |
| 暗冕鹪莺 | àn miǎn jiāo yīng | (bird species of China) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens) |
| 冕冠 | miǎn guān | see 冕[mian3] |
| 冠冕 | guān miǎn | royal crown; official hat; official; leader; chief; elegant and stately |
| 轩冕 | xuān miǎn | (literary) curtained carriage and ceremonial cap (symbols of a senior official); (fig.) di… |