民
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(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #116 U+6C11
How 民 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
An eye 巳 pierced by a dagger 戈, an old mark of slavery
How to remember it
people · Heisig RSH #1377
氏 family name + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 民 as their sound component
These characters all use 民 (mín) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 民 sound component | mín | citizens, subjects; a nation's people |
| 眠 | mián | sleep, shut-eye, hibernatation |
| 泯 | mǐn | to destroy, to eliminate; to perish |
| 抿 | mǐn | to press, to smooth; to purse the lips |
| 岷 | mín | the Min mountains; the Min river |
| 湣 | mǐn | confused, mixed; to pity |
| 珉 | mín | alabaster; a jade-like stone |
| 敃 | mǐn | robust, strong, vigorous |
| 苠 | mín | number, multitude; bamboo skin |
Words containing 民
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国人民大学 | Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué | Renmin University of China |
| 国民中学 | guó mín zhōng xué | junior high school (Tw); abbr. to 國中|国中[guo2 zhong1] |
| 国民小学 | guó mín xiǎo xué | elementary school (Tw) |
| 子民 | zǐ mín | people |
| 三民区 | Sān mín Qū | Sanmin, a district of Kaohsiung City 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 Shi4], Taiwan |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 利国利民 | lì guó lì mín | to benefit both the country and the people |
| 国民 | guó mín | nationals; citizens; people of a nation |
| 民国 | Mín guó | Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|… |
| 市民 | shì mín | city resident; townspeople |
| 民心 | mín xīn | popular sentiment |
| 民生 | mín shēng | people's livelihood; people's welfare |
| 民族大学 | Mín zú Dà xué | University for Nationalities (university of ethnic studies) |
| 新民市 | Xīn mín Shì | Xinmin, a county-level city in Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 小民 | xiǎo mín | ordinary people; commoner; civilian |
| 民主化 | mín zhǔ huà | to convert to democracy; democratic transformation |
| 民家 | mín jiā | minka; commoner's house; Bai ethnic group |
| 民生主义 | mín shēng zhǔ yì | principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles o… |
| 国民年金 | Guó mín Nián jīn | (Tw) National Pension, a social security scheme in Taiwan |
| 多民族国家 | duō mín zú guó jiā | multiethnic state |