紋

See also: 纹

紋 U+7D0B, 紋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D0B ← 紊 [U+7D0A] CJK Unified Ideographs 紌 → [U+7D0C]

Translingual

Han character

紋 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜大 (VFYK), four-corner 2094₀, composition ⿰糹文)

Derived characters

• 𭾎, 𦈆

Related characters

• 纹 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 916, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27262
• Dae Jaweon: page 1345, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3376, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7D0B

Chinese

trad.		紋
simp.		纹
alternative forms		𮈄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (文) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
旻	*mrɯn
旼	*mrɯn
汶	*mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns
忞	*mrɯn
盿	*mrɯn
枚	*mɯːl
玫	*mɯːl
玟	*mɯːl
文	*mɯn
紋	*mɯn
蚊	*mɯn
雯	*mɯn
彣	*mɯn
馼	*mɯn
鳼	*mɯn
鼤	*mɯn, *mɯns
抆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯns
紊	*mɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯn) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn) – a line of thread. Specialised character from 文 (OC *mɯn).

Etymology

From 文 (OC *mɯn, “mark, tattoo”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wén (wen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn
• Eastern Min (BUC): ùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wún
    • Wade–Giles: wên²
    • Yale: wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wen
    • Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴
    • Yale: màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn
    • Tâi-lô: bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ven
    • MiniDict: ven^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjun

Rime
Character	紋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	無分切
Baxter	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/
Li Rong	/miuən/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	紋
Reading #	1/1
No.	13016
Phonetic component	文
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	文
Old Chinese	/*mɯn/

Definitions

紋

1. line; streak; stripe
2. grain (of wood)
3. wrinkle
4. pattern

   豹紋／豹纹  ―  bàowén  ―  leopard pattern

5. to tattoo

Compounds

• 冰炸紋／冰炸纹
• 冰裂紋／冰裂纹
• 圖紋／图纹
• 夔紋／夔纹 (kuíwén)
• 妊娠紋／妊娠纹 (rènshēnwén)
• 布紋紙／布纹纸
• 帳紋／帐纹
• 平紋／平纹 (píngwén)
• 弦紋／弦纹
• 弧紋／弧纹
• 手紋／手纹 (shǒuwén)
• 抬頭紋／抬头纹 (táitóuwén)
• 指紋／指纹 (zhǐwén)
• 指紋分析／指纹分析
• 指紋紀錄／指纹纪录
• 指紋辨識／指纹辨识
• 指紋鑑定／指纹鉴定
• 掌上觀紋／掌上观纹
• 掌紋／掌纹 (zhǎngwén)
• 斑紋／斑纹 (bānwén)
• 斗紋／斗纹
• 斜紋／斜纹 (xiéwén)
• 斜紋夜蛾／斜纹夜蛾
• 木紋／木纹
• 松紋／松纹
• 條紋／条纹 (tiáowén)
• 樂紋兒／乐纹儿
• 橫紋肌／横纹肌 (héngwénjī)
• 波紋／波纹 (bōwén)
• 波紋如縠／波纹如縠
• 流紋岩／流纹岩
• 瑪瑙紋／玛瑙纹
• 皺紋／皱纹 (zhòuwén)
• 直紋／直纹
• 箕紋／箕纹
• 紋樣／纹样 (wényàng)
• 紋理／纹理 (wénlǐ)
• 紋眉／纹眉 (wénméi)
• 紋絲不動／纹丝不动
• 紋線／纹线
• 紋路／纹路 (wénlù)
• 紋身／纹身 (wénshēn)
• 紋銀／纹银
• 紋風不動／纹风不动 (wénfēngbùdòng)
• 紋飾／纹饰 (wénshì)
• 綯紋／绹纹
• 綢紋紙／绸纹纸
• 縠紋／縠纹
• 羅紋／罗纹
• 脣紋／唇纹
• 花紋／花纹 (huāwén)
• 蛇紋石／蛇纹石 (shéwénshí)
• 螺紋／螺纹 (luówén)
• 螺紋鑽／螺纹钻
• 蟠夔紋／蟠夔纹
• 蟬紋／蝉纹
• 蟠虯紋／蟠虬纹
• 蟠虺紋／蟠虺纹 (pánhuǐwén)
• 蟠螭紋／蟠螭纹 (pánchīwén)
• 被火紋身／被火纹身
• 裂紋／裂纹 (lièwén)
• 象紋／象纹
• 貝紋／贝纹
• 趾紋／趾纹
• 軋紋／轧纹
• 迴紋針／回纹针 (huíwénzhēn)
• 重環紋／重环纹
• 陰紋／阴纹
• 陰騭紋／阴骘纹
• 雙箕紋／双箕纹
• 雷紋／雷纹
• 風紋／风纹
• 餓紋／饿纹
• 饕餮紋／饕餮纹
• 魚尾紋／鱼尾纹 (yúwěiwén)
• 魚紋／鱼纹
• 鱗紋／鳞纹
• 鳥紋／鸟纹
• 鼻紋／鼻纹
• 龍紋／龙纹
• 龜紋／龟纹

 

References

• “紋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

紋

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. crest (often of a family)

Readings

• Go-on: もん (mon, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぶん (bun)
• Kun: あや (aya, 紋); もよう (moyō)
• Nanori: あき (aki); あや (aya)

Compounds

• 紋(いさ)葉(は) (isaha)
• 紋(もん)楸(しゅう) (monshū)
• 紋(もん)章(しょう) (monshō, “crest”)
• 紋(もん)所(どころ) (mondokoro, “crest (often of a family)”)
• 紋(もん)服(ぷく) (monpuku)
• 紋(もん)別(べつ) (Monbetsu)
• 紋(もん)本(ぽん) (monpon)
• 紋(もん)紋(もん) (monmon)
• 紋(もん)様(よう) (mon'yō) (文(もん)様(よう))
• 紋(もん)羅(ら) (monra)
• 紋(もん)理(り) (monri)
• 紋(もん)絽(ろ) (monro)
• 衣(え)紋(もん) (emon)
• 陰(かげ)紋(もん) (kagemon)
• 籠(かご)目(め)紋(もん) (kagome mon)
• 家(か)紋(もん) (kamon, “family crest”)
• 渦(か)紋(もん) (kamon)
• 縠(こく)紋(もん) (kokumon)
• 小(こ)紋(もん) (komon)
• 細(さい)紋(もん) (saimon)
• 細(さい)紋(ぶん) (saibun)
• 指(し)紋(もん) (shimon, “fingerprint”)
• 地(じ)紋(もん) (jimon)
• 掌(しょう)紋(もん) (shōmon)
• 定(じょう)紋(もん) (jōmon, “crest (often of a family)”)
• 声(せい)紋(もん) (seimon, “voice signature”)
• 南(なん)天(てん)紋(もん) (nanten mon)
• 波(は)紋(もん) (hamon)
• 斑(はん)紋(もん) (hanmon) (斑(はん)文(もん))
• 豹(ひょう)紋(もん) (hyōmon) (豹(ひょう)文(もん))
• 風(ふう)紋(もん) (fūmon)

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
紋
もん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) も​ん [móꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mõ̞ɴ]

Noun

紋(もん) • (mon) ^{←もん (mon)?}

1. Synonym of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 紋 (MC mjun).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mun]
• Phonetic hangul: [문]

Hanja

Wikisource

紋 (eumhun 무늬 문 (munui mun))

1. Hanja form^? of 문 (“figure”).

Compounds

• 문곡 (紋穀, mun'gok)
• 문은 (紋銀, muneun)
• 문장 (紋章, munjang, “crest”)
• 가문 (家紋, gamun, “family crest”)
• 성문 (聲紋, seongmun, “voice signature”)
• 지문 (指紋, jimun, “fingerprint”)
• 파문 (波紋, pamun)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

紋: Hán Nôm readings: văn, vằn, vân, vện

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