民
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) the people
- 2.inhabitants of a country
- 1.surname Min
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Wiktionary
- 1.people; citizens
- 2.folk; popular
- 3.member of an ethnic group
- 4.person of a particular occupation
- 5.civilian
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) 民 (OC *min, “the people”): the oracle bone script forms resemble an eye pierced by a cross-shaped sharp implement. The graph may be connected with eye impairment or unclear vision, compare 泯 (OC *min, *minʔ), 眠 (OC *miːn), and 眄 (OC *meːnʔ, *meːns); the Shiji has , while the Hanshu writes 泯 (mǐn) for 眠. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n (“people, man, human being”). Cognate with Tibetan མི (mi) and Dzongkha མི (mi).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
在墨西哥有很多貧民窟。
There are many slums in Mexico.
我們提供了難民們毛毯。
We furnished the refugees with blankets.
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Derived terms
下民三民三民主義三民主义不死民中華人民共和國中华人民共和国中華民國中华民国中華民族中华民族亂民乱民人民人民公社人民團體人民团体人民幣人民币人民戰爭人民战争人民政府人民日報人民日报仁民愛物仁民爱物伐罪弔民伐罪吊民但民住民
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