汶

See also: 渂

汶 U+6C76, 汶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C76 ← 汵 [U+6C75] CJK Unified Ideographs 汷 → [U+6C77]

Translingual

Han character

汶 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水卜大 (EYK), four-corner 3014₀, composition ⿰氵文)

Derived characters

• 𪣢, 𭹓, 𦯻, 𫕦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 608, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17168
• Dae Jaweon: page 1001, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1572, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C76

Chinese

simp. and trad.		汶
alternative forms		渂 ancient form

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 汶
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	Old Chinese
旻	*mrɯn
旼	*mrɯn
汶	*mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns
忞	*mrɯn
盿	*mrɯn
枚	*mɯːl
玫	*mɯːl
玟	*mɯːl
文	*mɯn
紋	*mɯn
蚊	*mɯn
雯	*mɯn
彣	*mɯn
馼	*mɯn
鳼	*mɯn
鼤	*mɯn, *mɯns
抆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯns
紊	*mɯns

Characters in the same phonetic series (文) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	汶
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	亡運切
Baxter	mjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨunH/
Pan Wuyun	/miunH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/munH/
Li Rong	/miuənH/
Wang Li	/mĭuənH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	汶
Reading #	3/3
No.	13025
Phonetic component	文
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	問
Old Chinese	/*mɯns/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèn (wen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn / būn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùn
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴
    • Yale: wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenn
    • Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁶
    • Yale: mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn
    • Tâi-lô: bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buun
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn
    • Tâi-lô: būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bun
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bun³³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjunH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯns/

Definitions

汶

1. (～水) river in Shandong province

Compounds

• 汶川 (Wènchuān)
• 汶水
• 汶萊 / 汶莱

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	汶
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	無分切
Baxter	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/
Li Rong	/miuən/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	汶
Reading #	2/3
No.	13019
Phonetic component	文
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	文
Old Chinese	/*mɯn/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wén (wen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wún
    • Wade–Giles: wên²
    • Yale: wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wen
    • Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjun

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯn/

Definitions

汶

1. (historical dictionaries only) sticky saliva
2. a surname

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character	汶
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武巾切
Baxter	min
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/mien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjin/
Li Rong	/mjĕn/
Wang Li	/mǐĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	汶
Reading #	1/3
No.	13009
Phonetic component	文
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	珉
Old Chinese	/*mrɯn/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mín (min²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mín
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mín
    • Wade–Giles: min²
    • Yale: mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: min
    • Palladius: минь (minʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁴
    • Yale: màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: min

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯn/

Definitions

汶

1. Alternative form of 岷 (mín)

Pronunciation 4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	汶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mén
Middle Chinese	‹ mwon ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁə[n]/
English	dirty
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.

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mén (men²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ

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• 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/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤə[n]/

Definitions

汶

1. to disgrace; to humiliate See also: 汶濛
2. Alternative form of 惽 / 惛 (“depressed, worried”)

Compounds

• 汶濛 / 汶蒙

Pronunciation 5

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vùn

  (Hailu, HRS): vun

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: vun
    • Sinological IPA: /vun⁵⁵/

Definitions

汶

1. (Hakka) muddy; turbid

Japanese

Kanji

汶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぶん (bun)、もん (mon)

Korean

Hanja

汶 • (mun) (hangeul 문, revised mun, McCune–Reischauer mun, Yale mun)

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