缅 miǎn distant
distant; remote; to think of
怎么记住“缅”: 纟 silk + 面 face = distant. Grandma winds a red silk ribbon around her finger while her grandson's face smiles from the screen, so close and yet so distant.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
缅 = 纟 silk + 面 face
- 纟 silk meaning
- 面 face sound
Grandma winds a red silk ribbon around her finger while her grandson's face smiles from the screen, so close and yet so distant.
How it came to be
Silk gives the meaning and the face the sound; the word first meant a fine silk thread.
用法
- Distant, and to think back on: 缅怀 (miǎnhuái): to cherish the memory of / commemorate (the deceased, the past): 缅怀先烈 (miǎnhuái xiānliè) to honor the memory of fallen heroes. Solemn register.
- Also 缅甸 (Miǎndiàn) Myanmar.