捫 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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mén

stoke

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 門 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

門 Sound component

mén

door

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

mén

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

Most common words with 捫

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	扪心自问	to ask oneself honestly
	扪	to cover
	扪心无愧	lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[m]ˤ[ə][n]	mwon	mén	hold (v.)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4416th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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