敏
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Translingual
Han character
敏 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+7 in Chinese, 攴+6 in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人卜人大 (OYOK), four-corner 88540, composition ⿰每攵)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 471, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13202
- Dae Jaweon: page 823, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1463, character 1
- Unihan data for U+654F
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
敏 | |
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| alternative forms | 勄 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 敏 |
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| Western Zhou |
| Bronze inscriptions |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 脢 | *mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs |
| 挴 | *mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ |
| 海 | *hmlɯːʔ |
| 毐 | *ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ |
| 呣 | *mɯ |
| 拇 | *mɯʔ |
| 母 | *mɯʔ |
| 胟 | *mɯʔ |
| 姆 | *mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ |
| 畮 | *mɯʔ |
| 踇 | *mɯʔ |
| 苺 | *mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs |
| 莓 | *mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs |
| 敏 | *mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ |
| 鰵 | *mrɯŋʔ |
| 慜 | *mrɯŋʔ |
| 毋 | *ma |
| 梅 | *mɯː |
| 酶 | *mɯː |
| 鋂 | *mɯː |
| 每 | *mɯːʔ |
| 毎 | *mɯːs |
| 痗 | *mɯːs, *hmɯːs |
| 晦 | *hmɯːs |
| 誨 | *hmɯːs |
| 悔 | *hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs |
| 霉 | *mrɯl |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ) : phonetic 每 (OC *mɯːʔ) + semantic 攴 (“hand; action”). The 攴 component was sometimes written as 又 (“hand”) in early writing.
Pronunciation
Definitions
敏
Compounds
- 不敏 (bùmǐn)
- 伶俐聰敏／伶俐聪敏
- 俊敏
- 光敏作用
- 光敏症
- 勤敏
- 士敏土 (shìmǐntǔ)
- 心閑手敏／心闲手敏
- 恪敏
- 才思敏捷 (cáisīmǐnjié)
- 敏士
- 敏感 (mǐngǎn)
- 敏感度
- 敏感話題／敏感话题
- 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
- 敏捷 (mǐnjié)
- 敏於伎／敏于伎
- 敏給／敏给
- 敏練慈愷／敏练慈恺
- 敏豆 (mǐndòu)
- 敏贍／敏赡
- 敏銳／敏锐 (mǐnruì)
- 敬謝不敏／敬谢不敏
- 機敏／机敏 (jīmǐn)
- 熱敏性／热敏性
- 熱敏電阻／热敏电阻 (rèmǐn diànzǔ)
- 神經過敏／神经过敏 (shénjīng guòmǐn)
- 穎敏／颖敏
- 精敏
- 聰敏／聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
- 膚敏／肤敏
- 西敏宮／西敏宫
- 西敏寺 (Xīmǐnsì)
- 辨敏
- 過敏／过敏 (guòmǐn)
- 過敏原／过敏原
- 遜志時敏／逊志时敏
- 銳敏／锐敏 (ruìmǐn)
- 開敏／开敏
- 靈敏／灵敏 (língmǐn)
- 靈敏度／灵敏度
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 敏 | |
| Kyūjitai |
敏 敏or 敏+ ︀?
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| 敏󠄀 敏+ 󠄀?(Adobe-Japan1) | ||
| 敏󠄃 敏+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
敏
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 敏)
Readings
- Go-on: みん (min)
- Kan-on: びん (bin, Jōyō)
- Kun: さとい (satoi, 敏い)←さとし (satosi, 敏し, historical); とし (toshi, 敏し)
- Nanori: あきら (akira); さと (sato); さとし (satoshi); すすむ (susumu); つとむ (tsutomu); と (to); とし (toshi); はや (haya); はやし (hayashi); はる (haru); みぬ (minu); ゆき (yuki); よし (yoshi)
Compounds
- 敏感 (binkan, “sensitivity”)
| Kanji in this term |
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| 敏 |
| びん Grade: S |
| on’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 敏 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 敏 (MC minX).
Pronunciation
Adjective
敏 • (bin) -na (adnominal 敏な (bin na), adverbial 敏に (bin ni))
Inflection
Inflection of 敏
| Stem forms | |||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 敏だろ | びんだろ | bin daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 敏で | びんで | bin de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 敏だ | びんだ | bin da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 敏な | びんな | bin na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 敏なら | びんなら | bin nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 敏であれ | びんであれ | bin de are |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 敏ではない 敏じゃない |
びんではない びんじゃない |
bin de wa nai bin ja nai |
| Informal past | 敏だった | びんだった | bin datta |
| Informal negative past | 敏ではなかった 敏じゃなかった |
びんではなかった びんじゃなかった |
bin de wa nakatta bin ja nakatta |
| Formal | 敏です | びんです | bin desu |
| Formal negative | 敏ではありません 敏じゃありません |
びんではありません びんじゃありません |
bin de wa arimasen bin ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 敏でした | びんでした | bin deshita |
| Formal negative past | 敏ではありませんでした 敏じゃありませんでした |
びんではありませんでした びんじゃありませんでした |
bin de wa arimasen deshita bin ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 敏で | びんで | bin de |
| Conditional | 敏なら（ば） | びんなら（ば） | bin nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 敏だったら | びんだったら | bin dattara |
| Volitional | 敏だろう | びんだろう | bin darō |
| Adverbial | 敏に | びんに | bin ni |
| Degree | 敏さ | びんさ | binsa |
Noun
Proper noun
- a male given name
References
- ^ “敏”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
敏 (eumhun 민첩할 민 (mincheophal min))
- Hanja form? of 민 (“nimble, agile”).
- Hanja form? of 민 (“quick-witted”).
- Hanja form? of 민 (“humble, well-mannered”).
- Hanja form? of 민 (“thorough”).
- Hanja form? of 민 (“hardworking”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
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