See also:
U+60B6, 悶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60B6

[U+60B5]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+60B7]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓心 (ANP), four-corner 77337, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𠎒, 𭊳, 𱗹, 𡮬, , 𪮰, , , 𬛗, 𫃐, 𲆻, 𫵈, 𡮮, , , 𤺯

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

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mɯːns): phonetic (OC *mɯːn) + semantic

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mun (dark) (STEDT). Cognate with (OC *hmɯːn, “dusk; dark”), Tibetan མུན་པ (mun pa, darkness), Burmese မှုန် (hmun, dim; gloomy). Note also similarities to Burmese မုန်း (mun:, to hate, detest).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • mèn - literal (“bored, gloomy, depressed”);
  • mēn - vernacular (“stuffy”).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (55)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter mwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muənH/
Pan
Wuyun
/muonH/
Shao
Rongfen
/muənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mwənH/
Li
Rong
/muənH/
Wang
Li
/muənH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/muənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mun6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8962
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mɯːns/

Definitions

  1. gloomy; depressed; melancholy
  2. bored
  3. stuffy

Compounds

  • 不悶 / 不闷
  • 受悶氣 / 受闷气
  • 悶不作聲 / 闷不作声
  • 悶不吭聲 / 闷不吭声
  • 悶亂 / 闷乱
  • 悶人 / 闷人
  • 悶信 / 闷信
  • 悶倦 / 闷倦
  • 悶厭厭 / 闷厌厌
  • 悶坐 / 闷坐
  • 悶子車 / 闷子车
  • 悶弓兒 / 闷弓儿
  • 悶得慌 / 闷得慌
  • 悶悶 / 闷闷
  • 悶悶不已 / 闷闷不已
  • 悶悶不樂 / 闷闷不乐 (mènmènbùlè)
  • 悶悶渴渴 / 闷闷渴渴
  • 悶懨懨 / 闷恹恹
  • 悶損 / 闷损
  • 悶數錢糧 / 闷数钱粮
  • 悶昏昏 / 闷昏昏
  • 悶板 / 闷板
  • 悶棍 / 闷棍
  • 悶氣 / 闷气
  • 悶汗 / 闷汗
  • 悶沌沌 / 闷沌沌
  • 悶沉沉 / 闷沉沉
  • 悶淹淹 / 闷淹淹
  • 悶熱 / 闷热 (mēnrè)
  • 悶瞀 / 闷瞀
  • 悶聲不響 / 闷声不响 (mēnshēngbùxiǎng)
  • 悶葫蘆 / 闷葫芦 (mènhúlu)
  • 悶葫蘆罐 / 闷葫芦罐 (mènhúluguàn)
  • 悶虧 / 闷亏 (mènkuī)
  • 悶酒 / 闷酒 (mènjiǔ)
  • 悶錶 / 闷表
  • 悶雷 / 闷雷 (mènléi)
  • 悶頭 / 闷头 (mēntóu)
  • 悶香 / 闷香
  • 悶騰騰 / 闷腾腾
  • 愁山悶海 / 愁山闷海
  • 愁悶 / 愁闷 (chóumèn)
  • 憂悶 / 忧闷 (yōumèn)
  • 憋悶 / 憋闷
  • 懊悶 / 懊闷
  • 打悶棍 / 打闷棍
  • 打悶葫蘆 / 打闷葫芦
  • 打悶雷 / 打闷雷
  • 排悶 / 排闷
  • 散悶 / 散闷
  • 氣悶 / 气闷 (qìmèn)
  • 沉悶 / 沉闷 (chénmèn)
  • 消愁解悶 / 消愁解闷
  • 消愁釋悶 / 消愁释闷
  • 溼悶 / 湿闷
  • 滯悶 / 滞闷
  • 煩悶 / 烦闷 (fánmèn)
  • 猜悶兒 / 猜闷儿
  • 生悶氣 / 生闷气
  • 發悶 / 发闷
  • 納悶 / 纳闷 (nàmèn)
  • 脫悶 / 脱闷
  • 苦悶 / 苦闷 (kǔmèn)
  • 藏悶兒 / 藏闷儿 (cángmēnr)
  • 解悶 / 解闷 (jiěmèn)
  • 解悶破寂 / 解闷破寂
  • 迷留悶亂 / 迷留闷乱
  • 逗悶子 / 逗闷子
  • 遣悶 / 遣闷 (qiǎnmèn)
  • 適悶 / 适闷
  • 頭昏腦悶 / 头昏脑闷
  • 鬥悶子 / 斗闷子
  • 鬱悶 / 郁闷 (yùmèn)
  • 鱉悶 / 鳖闷

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: もん (mon)
  • Kan-on: ぼん (bon)
  • Kun: もだえる (modaeru, 悶える)もだえる (modaeru, 悶える, historical)もだ𛀁る (modayeru, 悶𛀁る, ancient)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
もん
Hyōgai
goon

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

(もん) • (mon

  1. agony

References

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

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 답답할 (dapdaphal min))

  1. hanja form? of (agony)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: muộn[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8], môn[5]
: Nôm readings: muốn[1][7][8], mụn[2]

  1. chữ Hán form of muộn (sad, sorrowful)
  2. chữ Nôm form of muốn (to want, to desire)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Trần (2004).
  3. ^ Trần (1999).
  4. ^ Hồ (1976).
  5. 5.0 5.1 Nguyễn (1974).
  6. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
  7. 7.0 7.1 Bonet (1899).
  8. 8.0 8.1 Génibrel (1898).