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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): 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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ
    • 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
  • (Northern: 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/
Bernhard 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 (wénsībùdòng)
• 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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–