捫
mén

stoke

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 門 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

門
門 Sound component
mén, men door

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmwon[m]ˤ[ə][n]hold (v.)
Zhengzhangmɯːn
Unicodemən

說文解字

撫持也。从手門聲。《詩》曰：“莫捫朕舌。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

扪 mén stoke Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 门 represents the sound. Simplified form of 捫.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

门
门 Sound component
mén, men door

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode