Character: 悶
Modern (Beijing) reading: mèn
Preclassic Old Chinese: mǝ̄ns
Classic Old Chinese: mǝ̄nh
Western Han Chinese: mǝ̄nh
Eastern Han Chinese: mǝ̄nh
Early Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄̀n
Middle Chinese: mòn
English meaning : melancholy, sorrow
Russian meaning[s]: скучать, тосковать; унывать, хандрить; [mēn] 1) душный; палящий; 2) тушить, томить; парить; настоять (чай); 3) закрытый; накрыть крышкой
Comments: For *m cf. Xiamen bun6, Chaozhou buŋ6, Fuzhou moŋ6, Jianou mɔŋ6. Absent from Schüssler's dictionary, although attested already in Yijing. The character is also used (since L.Zhou) for *mǝ̄n, MC mon, Mand. mén 'to be stuffy, stifling, close, airless' (both readings may be actually related).
Radical: 61
Four-angle index: 3459
Karlgren code: 0441 d
Vietnamese reading: muộn
