閔

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See also: 闵
閔 U+9594, 閔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9594
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Translingual

Han character

閔 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓卜大 (ANYK), four-corner 77400, composition ⿵門文)

  1. mourn, grieve
  2. urge on, incite
  3. a surname

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1333, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41251
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1839, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4290, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9594

Chinese

trad. 閔
simp. 闵
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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (閔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
憫 *mrɯnʔ
閔 *mrɯnʔ
潣 *mrɯnʔ, *mɯːlʔ
簢 *mrɯnʔ
燘 *mɯːlʔ, *hmɯːlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mrɯnʔ) : semantic 門 (“gate”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • miêng2 - Chaozhou;
  • miang2 - Shantou.
    Rime
    Character 閔
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 眞 (44)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 眉殞切
    Baxter minX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/mˠiɪnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/mᵚinX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/mienX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/mjinX/
    Li
    Rong         		/mjĕnX/
    Wang
    Li         		/mǐĕnX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/mi̯ĕnX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		mǐn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		man5
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 閔
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		mǐn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ minX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mrəʔ/
    English grieved

    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 閔
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9154
    Phonetic
    component         		閔
    Rime
    group         		文
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		愍
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mrɯnʔ/
    Notes 說文文聲

    Definitions

    閔

    1. to pity; to feel compassion for
      alt. forms: 憫／悯 (mǐn), 愍 (mǐn)
    2. to worry; to concern
    3. a surname

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    閔

    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

    • Go-on: みん (min)
    • Kan-on: びん (bin)
    • Kun: あわれむ (awaremu, 閔れむ)、うれえる (ureeru, 閔える)

    Korean

    Hanja

    閔 • (min) (hangeul 민, revised min, McCune–Reischauer min, Yale min)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    閔: Hán Nôm readings: mẫn

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