免
免 — myeon, mun
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 면할 면, 해산할 문
- Romanization
- myeon, mun
- English
- spare; excuse from; evade
- Mandarin
- miǎn
- Japanese on'yomi
- メン, フ, ベン, バン, マン, ブン, モン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- まぬか.れる まぬが.れる
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,080 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 儿 (10, 5 residual)
- Unicode
- U+514D
Korean example words with 免
- 면사免死 Korean gloss: 죽음을 면함
- 불면不免 Korean gloss: 면할 수 없거나 면하지 못함
- 면직免職 Korean gloss: 일정한 직위나 직무에서 물러나게 함
- 방면放免 Korean gloss: 붙잡아 가두어 두었던 사람을 놓아줌
- 면환免鰥 Korean gloss: 홀아비가 장가를 들어 홀아비 신세를 면함
- 감면減免 Korean gloss: 매겨야 할 부담 따위를 덜어 주거나 면제함
- 면검免檢 Korean gloss: 뜻밖의 사고로 죽은 시체의 검시(檢屍)를 면제함
- 면추免醜 Korean gloss: 얼굴이 추한 정도는 겨우 면함. 흔히 여자에게 쓰는 말이다
- 면천免賤 Korean gloss: 예전에, 천민의 신분은 면하고 평민이 됨. 또는 그렇게 되게 함
- 면허免許 Korean gloss: 일반인에게는 허가되지 않는 특수한 행위를 특정한 사람에게만 허가하는 행정 처분
- 난면하다難免 Korean gloss: 면하기 어렵다
- 면흉하다免凶 Korean gloss: 흉년을 면하다
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 免
- 免許めんきょ license; licence; permission
- 免疫めんえき immunity; immunization; immunisation
- 免除めんじょ exemption; exoneration; discharge
- 減免げんめん reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)
- 免税めんぜい tax exemption; duty exemption
- 免職めんしょく dismissal; sacking; discharge
- 免責めんせき exemption from responsibility
- 罷免ひめん dismissal (from a position); discharge
- 無免許むめんきょ having no license; being unlicensed
- 免れるまぬがれる to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from
- 免めん dismissal; discharge
- 免罪めんざい acquittal; indulgence; remission of sin
Characters sharing the phonetic 免
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “면”
Other hanja with radical 儿
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