Hanja Analyzer
捫

捫 — mun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
어루만질 문
Romanization
mun
English
stoke, pat, feel by hand, grope
Mandarin
mén
Japanese on'yomi
モン, ボン
Japanese kun'yomi
な.でる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
手 (64, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
門(문)
Unicode
U+636B

Parts that make up 捫

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 門 문 문sound 두 짝 문문과 드나드는 일

How 捫 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 捫 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 門.

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 “문”

Other hanja with radical 手

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