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Translingual
Han character
悶 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓心 (ANP), four-corner 77337, composition ⿵門心)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1333, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10729
- Dae Jaweon: page 722, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4291, character 4
- Unihan data for U+60B6
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 蔄
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*roːs, *mruːns
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| 闅
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*min, *mrɯn, *mɯn
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| 閩
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*mrɯn, *mɯn
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| 蕄
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*mɯːŋ, *mrɯːŋ
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| 門
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*mɯːn
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| 捫
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*mɯːn
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| 悶
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*mɯːns
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| 聞
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*mɯn, *mɯns
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| 閿
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*mɯn
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| 問
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*mɯns
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯːns) : phonetic 門 (OC *mɯːn) + semantic 心
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mun (“dark”) (STEDT). Cognate with 昏 (OC *hmɯːn, “dusk; dark”), Tibetan མུན་པ (mun pa, “darkness”), Burmese မှုန် (hmun, “dim; gloomy”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- mèn - literal (“bored, gloomy, depressed”);
- mēn - vernacular (“stuffy”).
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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悶
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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8962
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Phonetic
component
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門
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Rime
group
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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悶
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Old
Chinese
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/*mɯːns/
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Definitions
悶
- gloomy; depressed; melancholy
- bored
- stuffy
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
悶
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
Readings
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
悶 • (mon)
- agony
References
Korean
Hanja
悶 (eumhun 답답할 민 (dapdaphal min))
- Hanja form? of 민 (“agony”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
悶: Hán Việt readings: muộn, môn
悶: Nôm readings: muốn, mụn
- chữ Hán form of muộn (“sad, sorrowful”).
- Nôm form of muốn (“to want, to desire”).
References