Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

民: people, nation

Also: subjects

JLPT N35 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
5 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ミンmin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 民衆みんしゅうpeople, populace, masses
  • 民族みんぞくrace, nation, people
  • 民謡みんよう(traditional) folk song
  • 民営みんえいprivate management
  • 国民こくみんcitizen, people, nation
  • 市民しみんcitizen, townspeople
  • 県民けんみんcitizens of a prefecture
  • 住民じゅうみんresidents, population
  • 庶民しょみんmasses, common people
  • 農民のうみんfarmers, peasants
  • 民主主義みんしゅしゅぎdemocracy

たみtami · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 民たみnation, people

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Pictogram (象形)

Source: Wiktionary, 民 (rev. 91758131), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Lineage (氏 variant) + eye with a needle (blinded). Originally suggested "people" (subjects) who were blinded and bound to a specific "clan" or master—now used for the citizens of a nation.”
From the 氏 family story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氏

Also built on family (氏)

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民 gives its sound to

The family reading is ミン (min). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ミン

2 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mín

Same form: 民 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
民 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
民 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mín most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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