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Chinese symbol for “stuffy”

闷
mēn
Traditional: 悶
stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stuffy is 闷 (mēn), defined as: stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

闷 mēn
gloomy, depressed, melancholy
radical 169 ⾨ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “stuffy”

WordPinyinMeaning
齆wèngstuffy (nose); nasal (voice)
齉nàngstuffy (nose); nasal (voice)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 闷.

WordPinyinMeaning
郁闷 (鬱悶)yù mèngloomy; depressed
纳闷 (納悶)nà mènpuzzled; bewildered
闷热 (悶熱)mēn rèsultry; sultriness
沉闷 (沉悶)chén mènoppressive (of weather); heavy
苦闷 (苦悶)kǔ mèndepressed; dejected
闷闷不乐 (悶悶不樂)mèn mèn bù lèdepressed; sulky

See also: Japanese symbol for “stuffy”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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