紋

See also: 纹

紋	U+7D0B, 紋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D0B

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CJK Unified Ideographs

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Translingual

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 916, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27262
Dae Jaweon: page 1345, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3376, character 4
Unihan data for U+7D0B

Chinese

trad.		紋
simp.		纹
alternative forms		𮈄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (文) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
旻	*mrɯn
旼	*mrɯn
汶	mrɯn, mɯn, *mɯns
忞	*mrɯn
盿	*mrɯn
枚	*mɯːl
玫	*mɯːl
玟	*mɯːl
文	*mɯn
紋	*mɯn
蚊	*mɯn
雯	*mɯn
彣	*mɯn
馼	*mɯn
鳼	*mɯn
鼤	mɯn, mɯns
抆	mɯnʔ, mɯns
紊	*mɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯn) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn) – a line of thread. Specialised character from 文 (OC *mɯn).

Etymology

From 文 (OC *mɯn, “mark, tattoo”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wén (wen²)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn
Eastern Min (BUC): ùng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ven

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wún
  - Wade–Giles: wên²
  - Yale: wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wen
  - Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: man⁴
  - Yale: màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vun²
  - Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn
  - Tâi-lô: bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ven
  - MiniDict: ven^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ven
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²³/

Middle Chinese: mjun

Rime
Character	紋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	無分切
Baxter	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/
Li Rong	/miuən/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	紋
Reading #	1/1
No.	13016
Phonetic component	文
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	文
Old Chinese	/*mɯn/

Definitions

紋

line; streak; stripe
grain (of wood)
wrinkle
pattern
豹紋／豹纹 ― bàowén ― leopard pattern
to tattoo

Compounds

References

“紋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

紋

(Jōyō kanji)

crest (often of a family)

Readings

Go-on: もん (mon, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ぶん (bun)
Kun: あや (aya, 紋)、もよう (moyō)
Nanori: あき (aki)、あや (aya)

Compounds

紋(いさ)葉(は) (isaha)
紋(もん)楸(しゅう) (monshū)
紋(もん)章(しょう) (monshō, “crest”)
紋(もん)所(どころ) (mondokoro, “crest (often of a family)”)
紋(もん)服(ぷく) (monpuku)
紋(もん)別(べつ) (Monbetsu)
紋(もん)本(ぽん) (monpon)
紋(もん)紋(もん) (monmon)
紋(もん)様(よう) (mon'yō) (文(もん)様(よう))
紋(もん)羅(ら) (monra)
紋(もん)理(り) (monri)
紋(もん)絽(ろ) (monro)
衣(え)紋(もん) (emon)
陰(かげ)紋(もん) (kagemon)
籠(かご)目(め)紋(もん) (kagome mon)
家(か)紋(もん) (kamon, “family crest”)
渦(か)紋(もん) (kamon)
縠(こく)紋(もん) (kokumon)
小(こ)紋(もん) (komon)
細(さい)紋(もん) (saimon)
細(さい)紋(ぶん) (saibun)
指(し)紋(もん) (shimon, “fingerprint”)
地(じ)紋(もん) (jimon)
掌(しょう)紋(もん) (shōmon)
定(じょう)紋(もん) (jōmon, “crest (often of a family)”)
声(せい)紋(もん) (seimon, “voice signature”)
南(なん)天(てん)紋(もん) (nanten mon)
波(は)紋(もん) (hamon)
斑(はん)紋(もん) (hanmon) (斑(はん)文(もん))
豹(ひょう)紋(もん) (hyōmon) (豹(ひょう)文(もん))
風(ふう)紋(もん) (fūmon)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
紋
もん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もん (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

紋(もん) • (mon) ^{←もん (mon)^?}

Synonym of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 紋 (MC mjun).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

紋

Wikisource

紋 (eumhun 무늬 문 (munui mun))

hanja form^? of 문 (“figure”)

Compounds

문곡 (紋穀, mun'gok)
문은 (紋銀, muneun)
문장 (紋章, munjang, “crest”)
가문 (家紋, gamun, “family crest”)
성문 (聲紋, seongmun, “voice signature”)
지문 (指紋, jimun, “fingerprint”)
파문 (波紋, pamun)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

紋: Hán Nôm readings: văn, vằn, vân, vện

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Definitions

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Korean

Etymology

Pronunciation

Hanja

Compounds

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

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