闷

悶
mēn
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stuffy, shut indoors, to smother

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

闷 has 心 heart as its meaning part and 门 mén as the sound part. Read mèn, it first meant 'worried and depressed', then grew to 'melancholy'. Read mēn, it grew to mean 'to smother', 'stuffy', and 'to shut indoors'.

闷 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
焖

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Same Characters, Different Readings

闷mèn
stuffy, bored

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