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

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: 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. 悶
simp. 闷
alternative forms 惛

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, OC *mɯːns) : phonetic 門 (OC *mɯːn) + semantic 心

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mun (“dark”) (STEDT). Cognate with 昏 (OC *hmɯːn, “dusk; dark”), Tibetan མུན་པ (mun pa, “darkness”), Burmese မှုန် (hmun, “dim; gloomy”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • mèn - literal (“bored, gloomy, depressed”);
  • mēn - vernacular (“stuffy”).
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 mun6
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

References

Japanese

Kanji
悶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
悶
もん
Hyōgaiji
goon

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

Pronunciation

Noun

悶(もん) • (mon) 

  1. agony

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

Korean

Hanja

悶, eumhun 답답할 민 (dapdaphal min)

  1. Hanja form? of 민 (“agony”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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

References
  1. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. Trần (2004).
  3. Trần (1999).
  4. Hồ (1976).
  5. Nguyễn (1974).
  6. Thiều Chửu (1942).
  7. Bonet (1899).
  8. Génibrel (1898).
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