愐
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Meaning: shy
💡 Imagine hiding your 'face' (面) with your 'heart' (忄) because you're shy.
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Character Story & Explanation
The detective investigates 愐 (miǎn), a character meaning 'shy'. Its left radical 忄 (心) indicates 'heart' or 'mind', while 面 (miàn) on the right provides phonetic and semantic hints—'face' (面) turned away in bashfulness. This character is rare in modern Chinese, often replaced by 腼 (miǎn) in compound 腼腆 (miǎntiǎn, shy). 愐 evokes the ancient idea of shyness as an inward feeling reflected on the face.
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