悶

悶

See also: 闷

悶 U+60B6, 悶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60B6 ← 悵 [U+60B5] CJK Unified Ideographs 悷 → [U+60B7]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1333, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10729
• Dae Jaweon: page 722, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4291, character 4
• Unihan data for U+60B6

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Chinese

trad.		悶
simp.		闷

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèn, mēn (men⁴, men¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˋ, ㄇㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): būn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: mên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menn
    • IPA ^(key): /mən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣ
    • Wade–Giles: mên¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhen
    • IPA ^(key): /mən⁵⁵/

Note:

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁶
    • Yale: muhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /muːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn
    • Tâi-lô: būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhung⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: būng
    • IPA ^(key): /buŋ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /muən^H/▼

Rime
Character	悶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫困切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muənH/
Pan Wuyun	/muonH/
Shao Rongfen	/muənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwənH/
Li Rong	/muənH/
Wang Li	/muənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/muənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	悶
Reading #	1/1
No.	8962
Phonetic component	門
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	悶
Old Chinese	/*mɯːns/

Definitions

悶

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

Compounds

Derived terms from 悶

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 (mènmèn) 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 (mènqì) 悶汗／闷汗

悶沉沉／闷沉沉 悶沌沌／闷沌沌 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 悶酒／闷酒 (mènjiǔ) 悶錶／闷表 悶雷／闷雷 (mènléi) 悶頭／闷头 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 (biēmen) 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 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 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

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01384

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Japanese

Kanji

悶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: もん (mon)
• Kan-on: ぼん (bon)
• Kun: もだえる (modaeru, 悶える)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
悶
もん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) も​ん [móꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mõ̞ɴ]

Noun

悶 (hiragana もん, rōmaji mon)

1. agony

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

悶 • (min) (hangeul 민)

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Vietnamese

Han character

悶 (muộn, muốn, mụn)

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