吻

吻 U+543B, 吻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543B ← 吺 [U+543A] CJK Unified Ideographs 吼 → [U+543C]

Translingual

Han character

吻 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口心竹竹 (RPHH), four-corner 6702₀, composition ⿰口勿)

Derived characters

• 𣵓, 𪷡, 𪡕, 𦮶, 𥁴, 𬠉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3375
• Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 593, character 1
• Unihan data for U+543B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		吻
alternative forms		𦝮 脗／吻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 吻
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
脗	*minʔ
吻	*mɯnʔ
刎	*mɯnʔ
伆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯd
勽	*buːs, *mɯnʔ
沕	*mrɯd, *mɯd
忽	*hmɯːd
昒	*hmɯːd, *mɯd
惚	*hmɯːd
匫	*hmɯːd
笏	*hmɯːd
曶	*hmɯːd
淴	*ʔmɯːd
物	*mɯd
勿	*mɯd
芴	*mɯd
岉	*mɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯnʔ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 勿 (OC *mɯd).

Etymology

Unknown. Various possibilities are (Schuessler, 2007):

• Related to 門 (OC *mɯːn, “door”);
• Related to Mizo hmûi (“lips; upper lip”);
• Related to Proto-Vietic *c-ɓuːj(ʔ) (“lip”) (Vietnamese môi);
• Related to Burmese မုတ် (mut, “mouth”) (in မုတ်ဆိတ် (muthcit, “beard”)) and မှုတ် (hmut, “to blow with mouth”);
• Related to Khmer មាត់ (mŏət, “mouth, lip”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěn (wen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vún
• Eastern Min (BUC): ūng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mong³ / muong³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mńg / bún

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhug⁴ / mug⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min; ⁶ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔn
    • Wade–Giles: wên³
    • Yale: wěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woen
    • Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁵
    • Yale: máhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vún
    • Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun³
    • Sinological IPA: /vun³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: muong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muoŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mńg
    • Tâi-lô: mńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bún
    • Tâi-lô: bún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buon
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /bun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun⁴¹/

Note:

• Quanzhou:
  • mńg - vernacular;
  • bún - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: bhug⁴ / mug⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buk / muk
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buk̚²/, /muk̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶min; ⁶ven
    • MiniDict: min^去; ven^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min; ³ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²³/, /vən²³/

Note:

• 3min - vernacular (e.g. 吻縫);
• 3ven - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: mjunX

Rime
Character	吻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武粉切
Baxter	mjunX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨunX/
Pan Wuyun	/miunX/
Shao Rongfen	/miuənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/munX/
Li Rong	/miuənX/
Wang Li	/mĭuənX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吻
Reading #	1/1
No.	13206
Phonetic component	勿
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	吻
Old Chinese	/*mɯnʔ/

Definitions

吻

1. ^† (anatomy) proboscis; lip; corner of the lips

   吻合  ―  wěnhé  ―  to tally [lit. lips close]

2. ^† to shut the lips
3. to kiss; kiss (Classifier: 啖 c)

   《再吻我吧》 [Literary Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   “zoi³ man⁵ ngo⁵ baa⁶” [Jyutping]

   "Won't You Kiss Me Again" [song name]

4. ^† to coincide; to tally; to be consistent

Synonyms

• (lip):

Dialectal synonyms of 嘴脣 (“lips”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		脣, 吻
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嘴脣, 脣, 吻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嘴脣兒
	Taiwan	嘴脣
	Harbin	嘴脣, 嘴脣兒
	Singapore	嘴脣
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	嘴脣兒
	Jinan	嘴脣, 嘴脣兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	嘴脣子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嘴脣兒
	Xi'an	嘴脣兒
	Xining	嘴脣兒, 嘴皮兒
	Xuzhou	嘴脣兒, 嘴脣子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嘴脣子
	Ürümqi	嘴脣子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	嘴皮, 嘴皮子
	Wuhan	嘴脣
	Guilin	嘴脣
	Liuzhou	嘴脣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嘴脣子
	Hefei	嘴脣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	口脣, 嘴脣
	Hong Kong	嘴脣, 口脣
	Taishan	口脣, 嘴脣
	Yangjiang	嘴脣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	口脣
Gan	Nanchang	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮, 嘴脣皮子
	Lichuan	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
Hakka	Meixian	嘴脣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嘴脣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嘴脣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	嘴脣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嘴脣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	嘴脣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嘴脣
	Hong Kong	嘴脣
	Singapore (Dabu)	嘴脣
Huizhou	Jixi	嘴脣皮
Jin	Taiyuan	嘴脣
	Xinzhou	嘴脣子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喙脣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	喙皮
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Quanzhou	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Jinjiang	喙脣
	Yongchun	喙脣
	Zhangzhou	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Taipei	喙脣
	Kaohsiung	喙脣
	Penang (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Manila (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Chaozhou	喙脣
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	喙脣
	Haikou	喙脣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嘴脣, 口脣
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	口皮
Wu	Shanghai	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
	Shanghai (Chongming)	嘴脣
	Suzhou	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
	Danyang	嘴板
	Hangzhou	嘴脣皮兒
	Ningbo	嘴脣皮
	Wenzhou	嘴脣
	Jinhua	口脣肉皮
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	口脣皮
Xiang	Changsha	嘴巴皮, 嘴巴皮子, 嘴脣子
	Loudi	嘴脣皮, 嘴皮子
	Shuangfeng	嘴巴皮
	Hengyang	嘴巴皮

• (to kiss):

Dialectal synonyms of 吻 (“to kiss”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吻, 親, 親吻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吻, 親
	Taiwan	吻, 親
	Singapore	吻, 親
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	親
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	親
	Xi'an	親
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	親
Cantonese	Guangzhou	惜, 啜, 痛
	Hong Kong	惜, 啜, 嘴
	Taishan	啜
	Dongguan	啜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	惜
Hakka	Meixian	唚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唚
Jin	Taiyuan	親
	Xinzhou	親
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蜜
	Songxi	鼻
	Zhenghe	蜜
	Jianyang	蜜
	Wuyishan	敕
	Pucheng (Shibei)	鼻
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	唚
Southern Min	Xiamen	唚
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	唚
	Quanzhou	唚
	Shishi	唚
	Zhangzhou	唚
	Tainan	唚
	Penang (Hokkien)	唚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	唚
	Manila (Hokkien)	唚
	Chaozhou	唚
	Shantou	唚
	Singapore (Teochew)	唚
	Haikou	惜
Wu	Shanghai	香, 親
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	香
	Shanghai (Chongming)	香
	Suzhou	香
	Hangzhou	香
	Ningbo	親

Compounds

• 口吻 (kǒuwěn)
• 口吻生花
• 吻合 (wěnhé)
• 喉吻
• 圓吻鯝／圆吻鲴
• 接吻 (jiēwěn)
• 接吻病
• 搖吻鼓舌／摇吻鼓舌
• 斜帶吻棘魨／斜带吻棘鲀 (xiédàiwěnjítún)
• 矛吻海龍／矛吻海龙 (máowěnhǎilóng)
• 礪吻磨距／砺吻磨距
• 脣吻／唇吻
• 螭吻
• 親吻／亲吻 (qīnwěn)
• 身寄虎吻
• 鉤吻／钩吻 (gōuwěn)
• 長吻魚／长吻鱼
• 飛吻／飞吻 (fēiwěn)
• 鴟吻／鸱吻 (chīwěn)
• 鴟目虎吻／鸱目虎吻
• 黃吻／黄吻
• 齒吻／齿吻

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “吻”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 246.

Japanese

Kanji

吻

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. lips
2. kiss

Readings

• Go-on: もん (mon)
• Kan-on: ぶん (bun)
• Kan’yō-on: ふん (fun)
• Kun: くちさき (kuchisaki, 吻)

Compounds

• 接(せっ)吻(ぷん) (seppun, “kiss”)

Kanji in this term
吻
ふん Jinmeiyō
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふん [fúꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

吻(ふん) • (fun) 

1. (anatomy) proboscis

Korean

Hanja

吻 • (mun) (hangeul 문, revised mun, McCune–Reischauer mun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

吻: Hán Nôm readings: vẫn, vặt, vẩn, ẫn, uẫn, ẫm, ỡm, uẫm, uỗm, uổm, uẩm

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