mén

stoke

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

门 sound component

  Sound component

mén

  

door

Evolution

扪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
扪 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
扪 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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mén

stoke, pat, feel by hand, grope; lay hands on; to cover

Most common words with 扪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

扪心自问

to ask oneself honestly

to cover

扪心无愧

lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience