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Animated Stroke Order 民

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How to write 民 — animated stroke order

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HSK Vocabulary: 民

HSK words that contain this character.

民族

mín zú

nationality

人民币

rén mín bì

Renminbi [Chinese currency]

农民

nóng mín

farmer; peasant

移民

yí mín

migrate; migrant

公民

gōng mín

citizen

居民

jū mín

resident

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殖民地

zhí mín dì

colony

民主

mín zhǔ

democracy

民间

5.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 民 is used in context

rén人

mín民

shì是

guó国

jiā家

de的

zhǔ主

rén人

。

The people are the masters of the country.

nóng农

mín民

zài在

tián田

lǐ里

xīn辛

qín勤

láo劳

zuò

mín民

zhǔ主

shì是

shè社

huì会

jìn进

bù步

de的

jī

Information

Pinyinmín

Meaningpeople

Strokes5

Radical氏

Traditional民

StructureSingle Body

Frequency#903

Zhuyinㄇㄧㄣˊ

UnicodeU+6C11

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mín jiān

among the people; popular; folk

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渔民

yú mín

fisherman

中华民族

Zhōng huá mín zú

the Chinese nation

人民

rén mín

the people

农民工

nóng mín gōng

Migrant worker

国民

guó mín

Citizen

市民

shì mín

city resident

作

。

Farmers work hard in the fields.

基

chǔ础

。

Democracy is the foundation of social progress.

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