吻
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Translingual
Han character
吻 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口心竹竹 (RPHH), four-corner 67020, composition ⿰口勿)
Derived characters
- 𣵓, 𪷡, 𪡕, 𦮶, 𥁴, 𬠉
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3375
- Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 593, character 1
- Unihan data for U+543B
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
吻 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𦝮 脗／吻 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 吻 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Characters in the same phonetic series (勿) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mɯnʔ): semantic 口 + phonetic 勿 (OC *mɯd).
Etymology
Unknown. Various possibilities are (Schuessler, 2007):
- Related to 門 (OC *mɯːn, “door”);
- Related to Mizo hmûi (“lips; upper lip”);
- Related to Proto-Vietic *c-ɓuːj(ʔ) (“lip”) (Vietnamese môi);
- Related to Burmese မုတ် (mut, “mouth”) (in မုတ်ဆိတ် (muthcit, “beard”)) and မှုတ် (hmut, “to blow with mouth”);
- Related to Khmer មាត់ (mŏət, “mouth, lip”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): man5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vún
- Eastern Min (BUC): ūng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mong3 / muong3
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6min; 6ven
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wěn
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wǔn
- Wade–Giles: wên3
- Yale: wěn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woen
- Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: man5
- Yale: máhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: man5
- Guangdong Romanization: men5
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vún
- Hakka Romanization System: vunˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: vun3
- Sinological IPA: /vun³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: mong3
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: meông
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɔŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: muong3
- Sinological IPA (key): /muoŋ³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mńg
- Tâi-lô: mńg
- Phofsit Daibuun: mngr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bún
- Tâi-lô: bún
- Phofsit Daibuun: buon
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /bun⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Note:
- Quanzhou:
- mńg - vernacular;
- bún - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhug4 / mug4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buk / muk
- Sinological IPA (key): /buk̚²/, /muk̚²/
- Wu
Note:
- 3min - vernacular (e.g. 吻縫);
- 3ven - literary.
- Middle Chinese: mjunX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*mɯnʔ/
Definitions
吻
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, anatomy) proboscis; lip; corner of the lips
- 吻合 ― wěnhé ― to tally [lit. lips close]
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to shut the lips
- to kiss; kiss (Classifier: 啖 c)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to coincide; to tally; to be consistent
Synonyms
- (lip):
Dialectal synonyms of 嘴脣 (“lips”) [map]
- (to kiss):
Dialectal synonyms of 吻 (“to kiss”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吻, 親, 親吻 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 吻, 親 |
| Taiwan | 吻, 親 | |
| Singapore | 吻, 親 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 親 |
| Xi'an | 親 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 親 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 惜, 啜, 痛 |
| Hong Kong | 惜, 啜, 嘴 | |
| Taishan | 啜 | |
| Dongguan | 啜 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 惜 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 唚 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 唚 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 唚 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 唚 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 唚 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 唚 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 唚 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 親 |
| Xinzhou | 親 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蜜 |
| Songxi | 鼻 | |
| Zhenghe | 蜜 | |
| Jianyang | 蜜 | |
| Wuyishan | 敕 | |
| Pucheng (Shibei) | 鼻 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 唚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 唚 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 唚 | |
| Quanzhou | 唚 | |
| Shishi | 唚 | |
| Zhangzhou | 唚 | |
| Tainan | 唚 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 唚 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 唚 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 唚 | |
| Chaozhou | 唚 | |
| Shantou | 唚 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 唚 | |
| Haikou | 惜 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 香, 親 |
| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 香 | |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 香 | |
| Suzhou | 香 | |
| Hangzhou | 香 | |
| Ningbo | 親 | |
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “吻”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 246.
Japanese
Kanji
吻
Readings
Compounds
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 吻 |
| ふん Jinmeiyō |
| kan'yōon |
Pronunciation
Noun
吻 • (fun)
References
Korean
Hanja
吻 • (mun) (hangeul 문, revised mun, McCune–Reischauer mun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
吻: Hán Nôm readings: vẫn, vặt, vẩn, ẫn, uẫn, ẫm, ỡm, uẫm, uỗm, uổm, uẩm
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