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Chinese
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stupid
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the people; nationality; citizen
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| trad. (愚民)
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愚
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民
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| simp. #(愚民)
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愚
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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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民
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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mín
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ mjin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*mi/
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| English
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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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愚
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民
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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15919
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9130
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Phonetic
component
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禺
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民
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Rime
group
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侯
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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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民
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋo/
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/*min/
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Noun
愚民
- ignorant people; the ignorant masses
Verb
愚民
- to keep the people ignorant; to stultify the masses; to engage in obscurantism
然其所以若此者，將以愚民，而固不欲以自愚也。
然其所以若此者，将以愚民，而固不欲以自愚也。 - From: 清．劉大櫆《焚書辨》
- Rán qí suǒyǐ ruò cǐ zhě, jiāng yǐ yúmín, ér gù bù yù yǐ zì yú yě.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
愚民 • (gumin)
- ignorant commoners
References
Korean
Noun
愚民 • (umin) (hangeul 우민)
- hanja form? of 우민 (“ignorant people; the ignorant masses”)