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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
民 (Kangxi radical 83, 氏 +1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口女心 (RVP ), four-corner 77747 , composition ⿸⿰𠄌 コ 𫠠 )
Derived characters
冺 , 呡 , 垊 , 姄 , 岷 , 㢯 , 怋 , 抿 , 泯 , 氓 , 珉 , 眠 , 䂥 , 䇇 , 䋋 , 䛉 , 䟨 , 䡑 , 鈱
刡 , 敃 , 䪸 , 㥸 , 鴖
昬 , 蟁 , 苠 , 罠 , 笢 , 囻
Additional Derived Characters
𪜳 , 𰅌 , 𬌭 , 𱺘 , 𭯰 , 𱡾 , 𣐡 , 𰙣 , 𣧟 , 𤇜 , 𭷋 , 𰚸 , 𤱕 , 𥞔 , 𮕸 , 𲇸 , 𫅒 , 𦕛 , 𧉬 , 𮚀 , 𫙗
𬼢 , 𧻎 , 𫞖 , 𭤙 , 𤿕 , 𮊼 , 𧠠 , 𨾧 , 𡶘 , 𣱈 , 𰦱 , 𧊈 , 𡸧 , 𢞰
𡶗 , 𣱅 , 𣱉 , 𮊄 , 𰚹 , 𦊞 , 𭆃 , 𤵤 , 𣃹 , 𨳶 , 𦃴 , 𪓏 , 𪓍
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 598 , character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17028
Dae Jaweon: page 988, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2131, character 1
Unihan data for U+6C11
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
眠
*miːn
民
*min
泯
*min, *minʔ
怋
*min, *mɯːn
岷
*mrin
珉
*mrin
罠
*mrin
笢
*mrin, *minʔ
鈱
*mrin
抿
*mrɯn, *mrɯn, *mrɯnʔ
刡
*minʔ
敃
*mrinʔ
愍
*mrinʔ
暋
*mrinʔ
蟁
*mɯn
Pictogram (象形 ) – an eye pierced by a dagger. This may be interpreted as 盲 (OC *mraːŋ , “blind”) or “to enslave by blinding > slave”. See also 童 .
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n ( “ people, man, human being ” ) . Cognate with Tibetan མི ( mi ) and Dzongkha མི ( mi ) .
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : mín (min2 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄇㄧㄣˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : min2
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : мин (min, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : man4
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : min3
Gan (Wiktionary ) : min4
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : mìn
(Hailu , HRS ) : min
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : min2
Jin (Wiktionary ) : ming1
Northern Min (KCR ) : měng
Eastern Min (BUC ) : mìng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): ming2
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : bîn
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : ming5 / mêng5
Wu (Northern , Wugniu ) : 6 min / 2 min
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : min2
Note :
mêng5 - Jieyang;
ming5 - other places.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
民
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
mín
Middle Chinese
‹ mjin ›
Old Chinese
/*mi/
English
people
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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
民
Reading #
1/1
No.
9130
Phonetic component
民
Rime group
眞
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
民
Old Chinese
/*min/
Definitions
民
people ; citizens
庖 有 肥 肉 ,廄 有 肥 馬 ,民 有 飢 色 ,野 有 餓莩 ,此 率 獸 而 食 人 也 。 庖 有 肥 肉 ,厩 有 肥 马 ,民 有 饥 色 ,野 有 饿莩 ,此 率 兽 而 食 人 也 。 From: Mencius , c. 4th century BCE Páo yǒu féi ròu, jiù yǒu féi mǎ, mín yǒu jī sè, yě yǒu èpiǎo, cǐ shuài shòu ér shí rén yě. In your kitchen there is fat meat; in your stables there are fat horses. But your people have the look of hunger, and on the wilds there are those who have died of famine. This is leading on beasts to devour men.
國民 / 国民 ― guómín ― citizen
folk ; popular
民 謠/ 民 谣 ― mín yáo ― folk song
member of an ethnic group
person of a particular occupation
civilian
Compounds
Descendants
References
“民 ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database) , 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong ), 2014–
李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019 ) “民 ”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press , →ISBN , page 231 .
Japanese
Kanji
民
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji )
nation , peoples
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 民 – see the following entry.
(This term, 民 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 民 (MC mjin ).
Pronunciation
Affix
民( みん ) • (min ) ←みん ( min ) ?
citizen
Suffix
民( みん ) • (-min ) ←みん ( -min ) ?
( Internet slang , dated ) regular of a certain social website or website section
なんJ民( ジェイみん ) ― nanjei-min ― one who frequents the 2channel NanJ board
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 民 (MC mjin ).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
民 (eumhun 백성 민 ( baekseong min ) )
hanja form? of 민 ( “ the people ; the populace ; the nation ” )
Compounds
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
民 : Hán Nôm readings: dân
Noun
民
chữ Hán form of dân
( collective ) people
( collective ) members of an ethnic group
( collective ) people living in a geographical area
( collective ) people of a particular occupation
( collective , literary ) civilians
Compounds