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Han characterEdit
民 (Kangxi radical 83, 氏+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口女心 (RVP), four-corner 77747, composition ⿸⿰𠄌コ𫠠)
Derived charactersEdit
- 眠, 氓, 罠, 囻, 苠, 冺, 呡, 垊, 姄, 岷, 㢯, 怋, 抿, 泯, 珉, 刡, 敃, 䪸, 㥸, 鴖, 昬, 蟁, 𪜳, 䂥, 䇇, 𤱕, 𤵤, 𤿕, 𥞔, 𦊞, 䋋, 笢, 鈱, 𨳶, 䛉, 䟨, 䡑, 𧻎
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: 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
ChineseEdit
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Glyph originEdit
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| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Pictogram (象形) – an eye pierced by a dagger. This may be interpreted as 盲 (OC *mraːŋ, “blind”) or “slave < to enslave by blinding”.
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n (“people, man, human being”). Cognate with Tibetan མི (mi) and Dzongkha མི (mi).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 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. [Pinyin]
- 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.
庖有肥肉，厩有肥马，民有饥色，野有饿莩，此率兽而食人也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- folk; popular
- member of an ethnic group
- person of a particular occupation
- civilian
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 民
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “民”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
民
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: みん (min, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: びん (bin)
- Kun: たみ (tami, 民, Jōyō)
- Nanori: たみ (tami); ひと (hito); み (mi); みたみ (mitami); もと (moto)
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| たみ Grade: 4 |
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Etymology 2Edit
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| みん Grade: 4 |
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From Middle Chinese 民 (MC miɪn).
PronunciationEdit
AffixEdit
SuffixEdit
KoreanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Chinese 民 (MC miɪn).
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PronunciationEdit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [min]
- Phonetic hangul: [민]
HanjaEdit
民 (eumhun 백성 민 (baekseong min))
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
- 민가 (民家, min'ga)
- 민간 (民間, min'gan)
- 민권 (民權, min'gwon)
- 민도 (民道, mindo)
- 민란 (民亂, millan)
- 민박 (民泊, minbak)
- 민법 (民法, minbeop)
- 민병 (民兵, minbyeong)
- 민복 (民服, minbok)
- 민사 (民事, minsa)
- 민생 (民生, minsaeng)
- 민선 (民選, minseon)
- 민속 (民俗, minsok)
- 민심 (民心, minsim)
- 민영 (民營, minyeong)
- 민요 (民謠, minyo)
- 민원 (民願, minwon)
- 민의 (民意, minui)
- 민정 (民政, minjeong)
- 민족 (民族, minjok)
- 민주 (民主, minju)
- 민중 (民衆, minjung)
- 민폐 (民弊, minpye)
- 공민 (公民, gongmin)
- 교민 (僑民, gyomin)
- 국민 (國民, gungmin)
- 농민 (農民, nongmin)
- 상민 (常民, sangmin)
- 서민 (庶民, seomin)
- 선민 (選民, seonmin)
- 시민 (市民, simin)
- 인민 (人民, inmin)
- 주민 (住民, jumin)
- 평민 (平民, pyeongmin)
- 애민 (愛民, aemin)
- 민담 (民譚, mindam)
- 이민위천 (以民爲天, iminwicheon)
ReferencesEdit
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
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NounEdit
民