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娩

miǎn

Character

What 娩 means

1. to give birth to a child

Other readings

娩 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wǎncomplaisant; agreeable

Words containing 娩

• 分娩fēn miǎnto give birth to a baby; (of animals) to give birth to young
• 臀位分娩tún wèi fēn miǎnbreech delivery (medicine)
• 臀产式分娩tún chǎn shì fēn miǎnbreech delivery (medicine)

Characters built on 免

These share the phonetic component 免 (miǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 勉miǎnto exhort; to make an effort
• 冕miǎncrown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown
• 俛miǎnto exhort

Characters that look like 娩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 挽wǎnto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 挠náoto scratch; to thwart; to yield
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 婉wǎngraceful; tactful
• 桅wéimast

Sounds the same

Read miǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 免to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office
• 勉to exhort; to make an effort
• 缅distant; remote; detailed
• 冕crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown
• 腼used in 腼腆
• 湎used in 沉湎
• 沔inundation; name of a river
• 渑used in 渑池
• 眄to ogle at; to squint at
• 俛to exhort
• 丏hidden from view; barrier to ward off arrows
• 偭to transgress