Hanja Analyzer
悶

悶 — min

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
답답할 민
Romanization
min
English
gloomy, depressed, melancholy
Mandarin
mèn
Japanese on'yomi
モン, ボン
Japanese kun'yomi
もだ.える もだえ.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
心 (61, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
門(문)
Unicode
U+60B6

Parts that make up 悶

  • 門 문 문sound 두 짝 문문과 드나드는 일
  • 心 마음 심 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

How 悶 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 悶 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 門, 心.

Korean example words with 悶

  • 번민煩悶 Korean gloss: 마음이 번거롭고 답답하여 괴로워함
  • 민민하다悶悶 Korean gloss: 매우 딱하다
  • 울민하다鬱悶 Korean gloss: 마음이 답답하고 괴롭다
  • 고민스럽다苦悶 Korean gloss: 매우 고민하는 느낌이 있다
  • 민사하다悶死 Korean gloss: 고민하다가 죽다. 또는 괴롭게 죽다
  • 조민하다躁悶 Korean gloss: 마음이 조급하여 가슴이 답답하고 괴롭다
  • 고민상苦悶相 Korean gloss: 고민하는 모양이나 형편
  • 긍민矜悶 Korean gloss: 가엾게 여김.
  • 소민消悶 Korean gloss: 답답한 속을 풂.
  • 우민憂悶 Korean gloss: 근심하고 번민함.
  • 흉민胸悶 Korean gloss: 가슴이 답답하고 초조한 증상.
  • 혈민血悶 Korean gloss: 몸을 푼 뒤에 정신이 혼미하고 가슴이 답답한 증상.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 悶

  • 悶もん agony; anguish
  • 苦悶くもん anguish
  • 煩悶はんもん worry; agony
  • 悶死もんし death in agony
  • 悶着もんちゃく trouble; quarrel; dispute
  • 憂悶ゆうもん anguish; mortification
  • 悶々もんもん anguished; distressed; worried
  • 遣悶けんもん driving away melancholy
  • 悶絶もんぜつ fainting in agony
  • 悶えもだえ agony; anguish
  • 憤悶ふんもん anger; resentment; indignation
  • 悶えるもだえる to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished

Characters sharing the phonetic 門

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “문” in Korean.

Other hanja read “민”

Other hanja with radical 心

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences