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免 U+514D, 免 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-514D ← 兌 [U+514C] CJK Unified Ideographs 兎 → [U+514E]

免 U+FA32, 免 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA32 ← 僧 [U+FA31] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 勉 → [U+FA33]

免 U+2F80E, 免 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F80E ← 𠘺 [U+2F80D] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 兔 → [U+2F80F]

Stroke order

Japanese	免
Simplified	免
Traditional	免

A variant form with 刀 rather than ⺈ on top exists.

There is another variant, in which the left-handed stroke ㇓ is written as two separate components. This variant is adopted by Japanese shinjitai.

免 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+5 in Chinese, 儿+6 in Japanese, 7 strokes in Chinese, 8 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 弓日竹山 (NAHU), four-corner 2741₆, composition ⿱⺈⿸⿻口丿乚(GHTK) or ⿳⺈𫩏儿(JV) or ⿱刀⿸⿻口丿乚(U+FA32))

• 俛, 凂, 𠲶, 𰉲, 娩, 㝃, 𡷭, 㡈, 悗, 挽, 浼, 𮥊, 𨓜, 晚(晩), 梚, 𬊕, 㻊, 脕, 𥙵, 𪽿, 睌, 䅋, 𧚇, 絻(𰬜), 𰰃, 𧖵, 𧨕, 𮚻, 𨁙, 𨉏, 輓(𬨈), 𠬍, 鋔, 𩈦, 鞔, 𩛟, 𡽏, 𣚻, 𩣦, 𰫌, 鮸(𩾃), 𮭵, 𭐅, 𩆊
• 兔, 𪞁, 勉, 𫰲, 𣆶, 𤿯, 𥇅, 𪞂, 𨌜, 𨽺, 𡢎, 𠒾, 𠓄, 𬷖, 𠓍, 𫥎, 𪾐, 𭀰, 𡨚, 𡸊, 莬, 冕, 𤲈, 𥦙, 𬞎, 𪳟, 𭔑, 𫙁, 𡿢, 𨵃

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 124, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1358
• Dae Jaweon: page 264, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 270, character 9
• Unihan data for U+514D

• Unihan data for U+FA32

• Unihan data for U+2F80E

simp. and trad.		免

Pictogram (象形) – a man wearing a ceremonial hat. Then borrowed for abstract meanings. The derivative 冕 (OC *mronʔ) refers to the original word.

See also 敖, 冒, and 美.

免

1. to take off; to remove from the body
2. to avoid; to escape; to evade

   • 同官之人，知而訐之上者，自免於罪。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     同官之人，知而讦之上者，自免于罪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3^rd century BCE, translated based on J.J.L. Duyvendak's version

     Tóng guān zhī rén, zhī ér jié zhī shàng zhě, zì miǎn yú zuì. [Pinyin]

     Colleagues who, knowing their offence, inform their superiors will themselves escape punishment.

3. to release; to set free
4. to excuse from; to exempt
5. to discharge; to waive; to forgive
6. to remove; to dismiss (from office)
7. to be not allowed; to be forbidden to
8. (Southern Min) it is not necessary; there is no need
9. (obsolete) Alternative form of 娩

• (to remove):

• (to evade): 避開／避开 (bìkāi)
• (it is not necessary):

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1. (historical) Alternative form of 絻／𰬜 (wèn, “a kind of mourning apparel”)
2. bud

• “Entry #2885”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Shinjitai	免
Kyūjitai [1]	免 免 or 免+︀?
	免󠄁 免+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	免󠄄 免+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

1. to avoid, to escape
2. to release, to set free, to discharge
3. to exempt
4. to forgive
5. to dismiss, to discharge

   Antonyms : 任

• Go-on: めん (men, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: べん (ben)
• Kun: まぬかれる (manukareru, 免れる, Jōyō)^{←まぬかる (manukaru, 免る, historical)}、まぬがれる (manugareru, 免れる)^{←まぬかる (manukaru, 免かる, historical)}、ぬぐ (nugu, 免ぐ)、ゆるす (yurusu, 免す)

• (to avoid) 免疫
• (to set free) 免許, 放免
• (to exempt) 免除, 免税
• (to forgive) 赦免
• (to dismiss) 免官, 免職, 任免, 罷免

• (Tokyo) めん [méꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [mẽ̞ɴ]

免(めん) • (men) 

1. dismissal, being made to quit

免 (eumhun 해산할 문 (haesanhal mun))

1. hanja form^? of 문 (“dismiss, discharge, disband”)

免 (eumhun 면할 면 (myeonhal myeon))

1. hanja form^? of 면 (“spare, excuse from, evade”)

免: Hán Nôm readings: miễn, mấy, mến, mém, mễm

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