閔
mǐn

mourn

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

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
文
文 Sound component
wén writing

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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)

憫

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartminXmrə[n]ʔ grieved

說文解字

《說文》：“閔，弔者在門也。从門，文聲。，古文閔。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

闵 mǐn, mín mourn Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 文 represents the meaning and 门 represents the sound. Simplified form of 閔.

Components

文
文 Meaning component
wén writing
门
门 Sound component
mén, men door

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

悯

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode