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Animated Stroke Order 民

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How to write 民 — animated stroke order

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Stroke Order Diagrams 民

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4.

How to Use 民

X + 民: People of a Certain Type

The character 民 follows another character to denote a person belonging to a specific group or occupation.

农民 • nóng mín • farmer; peasant • HSK 5

HSK 5

5.

HSK Vocabulary: 民

人民 • rén mín • the people

HSK 3.0 · L5

rén人

mín

6.

Example Sentences

rén人

mín民

shì是

guó国

jiā家

de的

zhǔ

Information

Pinyinmín

Meaningpeople, populace, commoners

Strokes5

Radical氏

Traditional民

StructureSingle Body

Frequency#903

Zhuyinㄇㄧㄣˊ

UnicodeU+6C11

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nóng农

mín民

farmer; peasant

公民 • gōng mín • citizen • HSK 6

HSK 6

gōng公

mín民

citizen

居民 • jū mín • resident • HSK 6

HSK 6

jū居

mín民

resident

民 + X: Concepts Related to the People

The character 民 precedes another character to form words about the people or popular matters.

民族 • mín zú • nationality • HSK 4

HSK 4

mín民

zú族

nationality

民主 • mín zhǔ • democracy • HSK 6

HSK 6

mín民

zhǔ主

democracy

民间 • mín jiān • among the people; popular; folk • HSK 6

HSK 6

mín民

jiān间

among the people; popular; folk

民

the people

市民 • shì mín • city resident

HSK 3.0 · L5

shì市

mín民

city resident

移民 • yí mín • migrate; migrant

HSK 5

yí移

mín民

migrate; migrant

人民币 • rén mín bì • Renminbi [Chinese currency]

HSK 5

rén人

mín民

bì币

Renminbi [Chinese currency]

中华民族 • Zhōng huá mín zú • the Chinese nation

HSK 3.0 · L5

Zhōng中

huá华

mín民

zú族

the Chinese nation

民众 • mín zhòng • the populace; the masses; the common people

HSK 3.0 · L6

mín民

zhòng众

the populace; the masses; the common people

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作

。

Farmers work hard in the fields.

zhèng政

fǔ府

guān关

xīn心

mín民

shēng生

。

The government cares about people's livelihood.

wú无

gū辜

de的

píng平

mín民

zài在

zhàn战

zhēng争

zhōng中

zāo遭

yāng殃

。

Innocent civilians suffer in war.

mín民

zhǔ主

shì是

shè社

huì会

jìn进

bù步

de的

jī基

chǔ础

。

Democracy is the foundation of social progress.

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Characters pronounced "min".

抿mǐnpucker up lips in smile; press
悯mǐnpity, sympathize with, grieve for
闽mǐnfujian province; a river; a tribe
皿mǐnshallow container; rad. no. 108
敏mǐnquick, agile, nimble

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "氏".

氏shìfamily name, clan
氓mángcommon people, especially from ancient times

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