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Chinese
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to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger |
the people; nationality; citizen
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simp. and trad.
(使民)
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使
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民
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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使
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民
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shǐ
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mín
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sriX ›
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‹ mjin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s-rəʔ/
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/*mi/
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| English
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send; cause
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people
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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使
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民
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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| No.
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11488
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9130
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Phonetic
component
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史
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民
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Rime
group
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之
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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史
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民
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Old
Chinese
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/*srɯʔ/
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/*min/
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Verb
使民
- (Classical) to rule people
故曰察能授官，班祿賜予，使民之機也。
故曰察能授官，班禄赐予，使民之机也。 - From: Guanzi, 5th century BCE to 220 CE
- Gù yuē chá néng shòu guān, bānlù cìyǔ, shǐmín zhī jī yě.
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堯立孝慈仁愛，使民如子弟。
尧立孝慈仁爱，使民如子弟。 - From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
- Yáo lì xiàocí rén'ài, shǐmín rú zǐdì.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)