miǎn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (used in 渑池) Mianchi, a county in Henan
  2. 2 (reading shéng) an ancient river in Shandong

Examples

蔺相如渑池维护赵国尊严
Lìn Xiàngrú zài Miǎnchí zhī huì shàng wéihù le Zhàoguó de zūnyán.
Lin Xiangru protected Zhao's dignity at the meeting in Mianchi.

Tips

history
Not used alone in modern Chinese. As miǎn it survives in the place name 渑池 in Henan, famous from the 渑池 of the Warring States; a separate reading shéng names an old Shandong river.
register
Onomastic and classical only — found in the county name and old histories, not in everyday language.

Components

radical
shuǐ
water
The three-drop water radical is the left-side form of ; it marks this as a water name — a river, and the county named after it.
phonetic
mǐn
frog; here phonetic
The right side is the phonetic; its reading drifts to miǎn or shéng, the same element seen in and .

Stroke Order

miǎn