miǎn

distant

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

面 sound component

  Sound component

miàn

  

face

Evolution

緬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
緬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

miǎn

distant, remote; think of; distant; remote; detailed

() 

Miǎn

Myanmar (formerly Burma) (abbr. for 緬甸|缅甸[Miǎn​diàn])

Most common words with 緬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

缅甸

Myanmar (or Burma)

缅怀

to commemorate

缅因州

Maine, US state

distant

缅因

Maine, US state