愁闷
chóu​mèn

depressed

愁 chóu anxiety

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

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
秋
秋 Sound component
qiū autumn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzrjuw[dz]riwgrieved
Zhengzhangzrɯw
Unicodejrhiou

說文解字

憂也。从心秋聲。

Sources

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

闷 mèn, mēn gloomy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 门 represents the sound. Simplified form of 悶.

Components

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

焖

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

悶 mèn, mēn gloomy Traditional

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

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
門
門 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)

燜

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)