漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
免: excuse, dismissal
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
儿 carries the meaning · 𠂊 is drawn in
8 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Shang Today
Oracle bone and bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
メンmen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 免許めんきょlicense, certificate
- 免税めんぜいtax exemption
- 免疫めんえきimmunity
- 免責するめんせきするexempt from responsibility
- 免職するめんしょくするdismiss from office
- 免除するめんじょするdischarge
- 御免なさいごめんなさいI am sorry, excuse me
まぬかれるmanukareru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 免れるまぬかれるescape from
Also read まぬがれる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand tall on your own two feet! This radical represents the physical foundation of a person—their legs and their incredible ability to walk, stand firm, and move through the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read メン
3 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · miǎn
Same form: 免 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 免 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 免 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin miǎn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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