捫

See also: 扪

捫	U+636B, 捫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-636B

← 捪
[U+636A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

捬 →
[U+636C]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mén (men²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ / mun¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): mung⁵ / meng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mén
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mén
  - Wade–Giles: mên²
  - Yale: mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: men
  - Palladius: мэнь (mɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ / mun¹
  - Yale: mùhn / mūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ / mun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ / mun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹/, /muːn⁵⁵/
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: mung⁵ / meng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mûng / mṳ̂ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muŋ⁵⁵/, /mɯŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

mung5 - Chaozhou;
meng5 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.

Middle Chinese: mwon

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mun⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]ˤ[ə][n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*mɯːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	捫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mén
Middle Chinese	‹ mwon ›
Old Chinese	/*[m]ˁ[ə][n]/
English	hold (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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

扣槃捫燭 / 扣槃扪烛
捫參歷井 / 扪参历井
捫心 / 扪心
捫心無愧 / 扪心无愧
捫心自問 / 扪心自问 (ménxīnzìwèn)
捫搎 / 扪𰓧
捫摸 / 扪摸
捫舌 / 扪舌
捫蝨 / 扪虱
捫蝨而言 / 扪虱而言
捫隙發罅 / 扪隙发罅
蝨空捫 / 虱空扪

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

Nom Foundation