捫

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See also: 扪
捫 U+636B, 捫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-636B
← 捪
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 捬 →

Translingual

Han character

捫 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手日弓 (QAN), four-corner 57020, composition ⿰扌門)

  1. stoke, pat, feel by hand, grope

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 435, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12197
  • Dae Jaweon: page 784, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1908, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+636B

Chinese

trad. 捫
simp. 扪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (門) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蔄 *roːs, *mruːns
闅 *min, *mrɯn, *mɯn
閩 *mrɯn, *mɯn
蕄 *mɯːŋ, *mrɯːŋ
門 *mɯːn
捫 *mɯːn
悶 *mɯːns
聞 *mɯn, *mɯns
閿 *mɯn
問 *mɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯːn) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 門 (OC *mɯːn).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • mung5 - Chaozhou;
  • meng5 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.
    Rime
    Character 捫
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 魂 (55)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 莫奔切
    Baxter mwon
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/muən/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/muon/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/muən/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/mwən/
    Li
    Rong         		/muən/
    Wang
    Li         		/muən/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/muən/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		mén
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		mun4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 捫
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		mén
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ mwon ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ˁ/
    English hold (v.)

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 捫
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8961
    Phonetic
    component         		門
    Rime
    group         		文
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		門
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mɯːn/

    Definitions

    捫

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    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    捫

    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

    • Go-on: もん (mon)
    • Kan-on: ぼん (bon)
    • Kun: なでる (naderu)、とる (toru)、ひねる (hineru)

    Korean

    Hanja

    捫 (eum 문 (mun))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    捫: Hán Nôm readings: môn

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    References

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