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miàn
related components & characters
[object Object]
classical translation
face, surface
ecological image
a seed with pod, an encircled flower
The Oracle characters look like the image of 見, a seed with roots, with the addition of an area encircled around the seed, which I think is a seed pod.. The seal character is altogether different, and shows a flower (see 夏 for basis) with a circle around it. The face was analogically like the "flower" of a plant, and this is the reason why correspondences for the face, or complexion, include summer and fire.
nuanced meaning
Oracle script
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