忿懑
fèn​mèn

indignant

忿 fèn get angry

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 分 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
分
分 Sound component
fēn, fèn, fen divide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰɯnʔ
pʰɯns
bɯnʔ
Unicodepiə̀n
piə̌n

說文解字

悁也。从心分聲。

Sources

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

懑 mèn be sick at heart Simplified

With a heavy 满 heart 心; 满 also provides the pronunciation

Components

满
满 SoundMeaning component
mǎn fill
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

懣 be sick at heart Traditional

With a heavy 滿 heart 心; 滿 also provides the pronunciation

Components

滿
滿 SoundMeaning component
mǎn fill
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmanXmˤ[o][n]ʔgrieved
Zhengzhangmoːnʔ
muːnʔ
muːns

說文解字

煩也。从心从滿。

Sources

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