The kanji 民: meaning, readings and stroke order
民
- Meaning
- people
- On reading
- ミン min
- Kun reading
- たみ tami
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 氏 clan
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- người dân (dân)
- Japanese
- くにや まちに すむ ひとびと。
- Korean
- 백성, 국민 (민)
- Chinese
- 人民、百姓
Readings, words and example sentences
ミン min · on reading
民話
folk tale
この 村の 民話を 集めます。
I collect the folk tales of this village.
たみ tami · kun reading · less common
民
the people (of a country)
国の 民の ために はたらきます。
He works for the people of his country.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.