渑

澠
miǎn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Mianchi, a county in Henan
  2. 2 an ancient river in Shandong

Examples

HSK 7-9
蔺相如在渑池之会上维护了赵国的尊严。
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 渑池之会 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
氵 shuǐ
water
The three-drop water radical 氵 is the left-side form of 水; it marks this as a water name - a river, and the county named after it.
phonetic
黾 mǐn
frog
The right side 黾 is the phonetic; its reading drifts to miǎn or shéng, the same element seen in 绳 and 蝇.

Stroke Order

渑 miǎn