闷
Definition
mèn:* 心烦，不舒畅。 愁～。沉～。郁～。～懑。～～不乐。 * 密闭，不透气。 ～子车。 mēn:* 因空气不流通而引起的感觉。 ～气。～热。 * 密闭，使不透气。 茶刚沏上，～会儿再喝。 * 不吭声，不声张。 他只是～头苦干
gloomy, depressed, melancholy
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC