吻

吻 U+543B, 吻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543B
← 吺
[U+543A]
CJK Unified Ideographs 吼 →
[U+543C]

Translingual

Han character

吻 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口心竹竹 (RPHH), four-corner 67020, composition ⿰口勿)

Derived characters

  • 𣵓, 𪷡, 𪡕, 𦮶, 𥁴, 𬠉

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3375
  • Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 593, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+543B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
吻
alternative forms 𦝮
脗/吻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 吻
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mɯnʔ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 勿 (OC *mɯd).

Etymology

Unknown. Various possibilities are (Schuessler, 2007):

Pronunciation


Note:
  • Quanzhou:
    • mńg - vernacular;
    • bún - literary.
      • Wu
        • (Shanghai):
          • Wugniu: 6min; 6ven
          • MiniDict: min去; ven去
          • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3min; 3ven
          • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²³/, /vən²³/
      Note:
      • 3min - vernacular (e.g. 吻縫);
      • 3ven - literary.

    Rime
    Character 吻
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 文 (59)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 武粉切
    Baxter mjunX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /mɨunX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /miunX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /miuənX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /munX/
    Li
    Rong
    /miuənX/
    Wang
    Li
    /mĭuənX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /mi̯uənX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    wěn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    man5
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 吻
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 13206
    Phonetic
    component
    勿
    Rime
    group
    文
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    吻
    Old
    Chinese
    /*mɯnʔ/

    Definitions

    吻

    1. † (anatomy) proboscis; lip; corner of the lips
      吻合  ―  wěnhé  ―  to tally [lit. lips close]
    2. † to shut the lips
    3. to kiss; kiss (Classifier: 啖 c)
      《再吻我吧》 [Literary Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
      “zoi3 man5 ngo5 baa6” [Jyutping]
      "Won't You Kiss Me Again" [song name]
    4. † to coincide; to tally; to be consistent

    Synonyms

    • (lip):
    • (to kiss):

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    吻

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    1. lips
    2. kiss

    Readings

    Compounds

    Kanji in this term
    吻
    ふん
    Jinmeiyō
    kan’yōon

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    吻(ふん) • (fun) 

    1. (anatomy) proboscis

    References

    1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja

    吻 • (mun) (hangeul 문, revised mun, McCune–Reischauer mun)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    吻: Hán Nôm readings: vẫn, vặt, vẩn, ẫn, uẫn, ẫm, ỡm, uẫm, uỗm, uổm, uẩm

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