愤懑
fèn​mèn

depressed

愤 fèn resent Simplified

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

贲
贲 Sound component
bēn, bì, fén forge ahead

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Unicode

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

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Unicode

憤 fèn resent Traditional

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

賁
賁 Sound component
forge ahead

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjunX[b]urʔunhappy
Zhengzhangbɯnʔ
Unicodebhiə̌n

說文解字

懣也。从心賁聲。

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

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)