吻

吻 U+543B, 吻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543B
← 吺
[U+543A]
CJK Unified Ideographs 吼 →
[U+543C]

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: 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯnʔ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 勿 (OC *mɯd).

Etymology

Unknown. Various possibilities are (Schuessler, 2007):

Pronunciation


Note:
  • Quanzhou:
    • mńg - vernacular;
    • bún - literary.
Note:
  • 3min - vernacular (e.g. 吻縫);
  • 3ven - literary.

Rime
Character 吻
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 武粉切
Baxter mjunX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨunX/
Pan
Wuyun
/miunX/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/munX/
Li
Rong
/miuənX/
Wang
Li
/mĭuənX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯uənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wěn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
man5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 吻
Reading # 1/1
No. 13206
Phonetic
component
勿
Rime
group
文
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
吻
Old
Chinese
/*mɯnʔ/

Definitions

吻

  1. † (anatomy) proboscis; lip; corner of the lips
    吻合  ―  wěnhé  ―  to tally [lit. lips close]
  2. † to shut the lips
  3. to kiss; kiss (Classifier: 啖 c)
    《再吻我吧》 [Literary Cantonese]  ―  “zoi3 man5 ngo5 baa6” [Jyutping]  ―  "Won't You Kiss Me Again" [song name]
  4. † to coincide; to tally; to be consistent

Synonyms

  • (lip):
  • (to kiss):

Compounds

  • 鉤吻/钩吻
  • 長吻魚/长吻鱼
  • 飛吻/飞吻 (fēiwěn)
  • 鴟吻/鸱吻 (chīwěn)
  • 鴟目虎吻/鸱目虎吻
  • 黃吻/黄吻
  • 齒吻/齿吻

Japanese

Kanji

吻

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. lips
  2. kiss

Readings

Compounds

Kanji in this term
吻
ふん
Jinmeiyō
kan’yōon

Pronunciation

Noun

吻(ふん) • (fun) 

  1. (anatomy) proboscis

References

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

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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