捫

See also: 扪

Translingual

Han character

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

1. stoke, pat, feel by hand, grope

References

• KangXi: page 435, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12197
• Dae Jaweon: page 784, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1908, character 3
• Unihan data for U+636B

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Chinese

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trad.		捫
simp.		扪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mén (men²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mên²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: men
    • IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴
    • Yale: mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (捫, reconstructed)
Character (捫), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 魂 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 莫奔切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/muən/	/muən/	/muən/	/muon/	/mwən/	/muən/	/muən/

Old Chinese pronunciation (捫, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
捫								mén								‹ mwon ›								/*[m]ˤ[ə][n]/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
捫					8961					門					文					1					門					/*mɯːn/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

捫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: もん (mon)
• Kan’on: ぼん (bon)
• Kun: なでる (naderu), とる (toru), ひねる (hineru)

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Korean

Hanja

捫 (mun) (hangeul 문, revised mun, McCune-Reischauer mun, Yale mun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: môn

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References

• Nom Foundation