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民 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「氏」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「氏」
On
ミンみん · min
Kun
たみtami
Meaning
people; the public; nation

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

The ancient form is thought to depict an eye, and it came to represent the common people, "the populace."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onミンみんmin民族みんぞく民主的みんしゅてき国民こくみん
Kunたみtami民みん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 国民こくみん

    citizens; the nation

  • 民話みんわ

    folk tale

More words with this kanji

  • 民族みんぞく
  • 民謡みんよう
  • 民俗みんぞく
  • 庶民しょみん
  • 僑民きょうみん
  • 黎民れいみん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

国民(こくみん)の祝日(しゅくじつ)は休(やす)みだ。

National holidays are days off.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

国民民話民国countr…話to tal…氏family…氓the co…旻the au…泯to die…眠sleep罠a snar…閔to gri…
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Compound

Radical

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