The 免 family
免 · miǎn · wèn · ㄇㄧㄢˇ — to excuse sb
Know 免 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 晚、娩、勉、挽. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 晚wǎn · ㄨㄢˇ部首 日 · sunevening; late58%
- 娩miǎn · ㄇㄧㄢˇ部首 女 · femaleto give birth to a child89%
- 勉miǎn · ㄇㄧㄢˇ部首 力 · strengthto exhort; to make an effort89%
- 挽wǎn · ㄨㄢˇ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow)58%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 免 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 免 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 74%.
Words this family builds
- 今晚
- 晚上
- 晚安
- 昨晚
- 晚餐
- 夜晚
- 晚飯
- 免費
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