敏

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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 or ⿰毎攵)

1. fast, quick, clever, smart
2. A given name

• 𠍁, 𠽊, 𪤓, 𢄯, 𭛿, 𢠨, 𢳺, 𭲅, 𪱃, 𣙕, 𤨨, 𰴈, 𥼖, 𬥧, 𪪉, 䲄, 𪉾
• 𭔍, 𭄼, 𭒘, 慜, 𤛎, 繁, 瀪, 鰵(鳘), 𪄴

• 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

• Unihan data for U+FA41

• Unihan data for U+2F8C8

Historical forms of the character 敏
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

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.

Compare Burmese မြန် (mran, “quick, fast”) (Luce, 1981).

敏

1. quick
2. clever

Shinjitai	敏
Kyūjitai [1]	敏 敏 or 敏+︀?
	敏󠄀 敏+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	敏󠄃 敏+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 敏)

1. alert
2. agile
3. quick

• 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)

• 敏感(びんかん) (binkan, “sensitivity”)

From Middle Chinese 敏 (MC minX).

• (Tokyo) びん (Atamadaka – )^[2][3]
• IPA^(key):

敏(びん) • (bin) -na (adnominal 敏(びん)な (bin na), adverbial 敏(びん)に (bin ni))

1. quick, sharp

敏(びん) • (bin) 

1. quickness, sharpness

敏(さとし) • (Satoshi) 

1. a male given name

敏 (eumhun 민첩할 민 (mincheophal min))

1. hanja form^? of 민 (“nimble, agile”)
2. hanja form^? of 민 (“quick-witted”)
3. hanja form^? of 민 (“humble, well-mannered”)
4. hanja form^? of 민 (“thorough”)
5. hanja form^? of 민 (“hardworking”)

• 민감 (敏感, min'gam, “sensitivity”)
• 민첩성 (敏捷性, mincheopseong, “agility”)

敏: Hán Nôm readings: mẫn, mắn

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• mẫn cảm (敏感, “sensitive”)