민

From Middle Korean 믠 (Yale: mùy-n), the past adnominal form of 믜다〮 (Yale: mùy-tá, “(of hair) to fall off, etc.”). 맨 (maen) is originally an ablaut variant.^[1]

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민 • (min)

1. past adnominal of 미다 (mida, “(for hair) to fall off, etc.”)

민— • (min-)

1. unadorned, bare, lacking

Sino-Korean word from 民 (“people”).

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민 • (min) (hanja 民)

1. (literary) the people

• See the hanja entry at 民 for Sino-Korean compounds of 민 (民, min).

Sino-Korean word from 閔.

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민 • (Min) (hanja 閔)

1. a Min surname from Chinese

• Appendix:Korean surnames

From Middle Korean 민〯 (Yale: mǐn).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

민 • (min)

1. past adnominal of 밀다 (milda, “to push”)

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

민 (min)