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湎

miǎn

Character

What 湎 means

1. used in {沉湎|chén miǎn}

Words containing 湎

• 沉湎chén miǎn(literary) to wallow in; to indulge in; to be deeply engrossed in
• 沉湎酒色chén miǎn jiǔ sèto wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women…

Characters built on 面

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

• 缅miǎndistant; remote; detailed
• 腼miǎnused in 腼腆

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
• 娩to give birth to a child
• 腼used in 腼腆
• 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