腼 (miǎn): used in 靦腆|腼腆[mian3 tian3]

腼 (miǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 靦腆|腼腆[mian3 tian3].” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 面 (phonetic). It ranks #3101 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 腼 flesh. Its radical form ⺼ (⺼) appears in many related characters such as 肴 (yáo, variant of 肴[yao2]), 腆 (tiǎn, make strong (as liquors)), 臀 (tún, buttocks).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-913 strokesFrequency #3101⺼ semantic面 phonetic

Definitions

  1. used in 靦腆|腼腆[mian3 tian3]

Etymology & Origin

腼

pictophoneticflesh

Decomposition: ⿰⺼面 (layout: left-right)

Components:⺼semantic面phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
腼腆miǎn tiǎnshy
1
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

腼 appears in 1 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 腼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

腆tiǎn
0.852528 co-occurrences
羞xiū
0.50860 co-occurrences
害hài
0.35348 co-occurrences
较jiào
0.34030 co-occurrences
格gé
0.336108 co-occurrences
性xìng
0.319108 co-occurrences
内nèi
0.29148 co-occurrences
向xiàng
0.28248 co-occurrences
但dàn
0.26748 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了腼字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le miǎn zì de xiáng xì jiě shì .

I looked up the detailed definition of the character "腼" in the dictionary.

Character Family

⺼ Radical Family — Characters sharing the ⺼ radical

胞bāo背bèi臂bì脖bó膊bó肠cháng胆dǎn肚dù肪fáng肥féi

Related Characters

肴yáo腆tiǎn臀tún

Homophones — Characters pronounced miǎn

缅miǎn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 腼 (miǎn) mean in Chinese?
腼 (miǎn) primarily means "used in 靦腆|腼腆[mian3 tian3]." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3101 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 腼 have?
腼 is written with 13 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 腼?
The radical associated with 腼 is ⺼. This radical appears in many characters related to this concept.
What are the components of 腼?
腼 is composed of: ⺼ (semantic), 面 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰⺼面 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 腼?
Common words with 腼 include: 腼腆 (miǎn tiǎn, "shy"). There are over 1 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 腼 (miǎn)?
Several characters share the pronunciation miǎn: 缅 (Myanmar (formerly Burma) (abbr. for 緬甸|缅甸)). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 腼 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 腼 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.