CHINESE SCRIPT
CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY
宀
ㄇlㄢ2 (mian2)
mián
宀 = roof => picture of a rooftop (radical 40), the dot 丶 (radical 3) sometimes explained to represent a chimney - it is used as a radical in over 50 common modern characters - its form is similar to 亠
related: 安
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