mēn​pì

silent fart

mèn, mēn gloomy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
Sound component
mén, men door

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

fart

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shī sitting person

Depicts a person squatting.

Sound component
to compare

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰis

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

mèn, mēn gloomy Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
Sound component
mén, men door

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmɯːns

說文解字

懣也。从心門聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica