俛

俛 U+4FDB, 俛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FDB ← 俚 [U+4FDA] CJK Unified Ideographs 俜 → [U+4FDC]

Translingual

Han character

俛 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人弓日山 (ONAU), four-corner 2721₆, composition ⿰亻免)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 105, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 700
• Dae Jaweon: page 222, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 164, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4FDB

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (免) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
免	*mronʔ
娩	*mronʔ, *mronʔ, *m̥ʰons, *monʔ, *mons, *muns
勉	*mronʔ
俛	*mronʔ
鮸	*mronʔ
冕	*mronʔ
絻	*mronʔ, *moːn, *muns
婏	*m̥ʰos
浼	*muːlʔ
鞔	*moːn
悗	*moːn
嬎	*m̥ʰons
晚	*monʔ
挽	*monʔ
輓	*monʔ, *mons
脕	*monʔ, *mons, *muns
莬	*muns

For etymology 1, ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 人 (“person”) + 免 (“to escape, avoid”).

For etymology 2, phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mronʔ): semantic 人 + phonetic 免 (OC *mronʔ).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 俛 – see 俯 (“to bow one's head; to bend down; to bow; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 俯).

Compounds

• 俛仰 / 俯仰 (fǔyǎng)
• 俛首 / 俯首

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 俛 – see 勉 (“to endeavor; to make an effort; to strive; to encourage; to urge; etc.”). (This character is an obsolete form of 勉).

Compounds

• 俛僶 / 俯𠊟
• 僶俛 / 𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn)

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “俛”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00084

Japanese

Kanji

俛

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): べん (ben)、めん (men)、ふ (fu)
• Kun: ふせる (fuseru)

Korean

Hanja

俛 (eum 면 (myeon))

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