们

plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,135 U+4EEC

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 (semantic, “people”) + 门 (phonetic, mén)

components: 亻门

(plural) · Heisig RSH #1261

人 person + 门 gate

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 门

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 门 (mén) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
门 sound component	mén	gate, door, entrance, opening
问	wèn	to ask about, to inquire after
闻	wén	news; to hear, to smell; to make known
闷	mēn	gloomy, depressed, melancholy
闽	mǐn	Fujian province; a river; a tribe
闰	rùn	intercalary; extra, surplus
蔺	lìn	hay, straw; surname
闵	mǐn	to mourn, to grieve; to incite, to urge on
扪	mén	to stoke, to pat; to grope, to feel
訚	yín	respectful; to speak gently
钔	mén	mendelevium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
铁哥们儿	tiě gē men r	erhua variant of 鐵哥們\|铁哥们[tie3 ge1 men5]
图们市	Tú mén Shì	Tumen, a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州\|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 …
图们江	Tú mén jiāng	Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North Kore…
哥们儿	gē men r	erhua form of 哥們\|哥们[ge1 men5]
铁哥们	tiě gē men	(coll.) very close male friends
人们	rén men	people
娘儿们	niáng r men	(dialect) woman; wife
亚们	Yà men	Amon (son of Manasseh)
阿们	ā men	(loanword) amen
图们	Tú mén	see 圖們市\|图们市[Tu2 men2 Shi4]
姐们儿	jiě men r	erhua form of 姐們\|姐们[jie3 men5]
爷们儿	yé men r	erhua variant of 爺們\|爷们[ye2 men5]
亲们	qīn men	darlings; fans; followers; short form of 親愛的們\|亲爱的们
孩子们	hái zi men	children
哥们	gē men	(coll.) dude; buddy; bro
他们	tā men	they; them
弟兄们	dì xiōng men	brothers; comrades; men; brethren
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our
姐们	jiě men	(coll.) close female friend; sis (between female friends)
爷们	yé men	menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc