民 mín
noun
: people; subjects; citizens
Kun Reading
民 | たみ tami
noun
: nation; people
On Reading
みん min
民族 min2zu2: nationality; ethnic group
[みんぞく minzoku: people; race; nation]
民主 min2zhu3: democracy [みんしゅ minshu: democracy; popular sovereignty]
民意 min2yi4: public opinion; popular will; public will
[みんい mini: popular will]
民間[间] min2jian1: among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments
[民間 | みんかん minkan: private; civilian; civil; popular; folk; unofficial]
民國[国] min2’guo2: Republic of China (1912-1949); used instead of reign name by the nationalist government, then by Taiwan; used in PRC as reign name of a former dynasty
[民国 | みんこく minkoku: (Republic of) Chinga (ie. Taiwan)]
人民 ren2min2: the people [じんみん jinmin: people; public]
農[农]民 nong2min2: peasant; farmer [農民 | のうみん noumin]
居民 ju1min2: resident; inhabitant
漁[渔]民 yu2min2: fisherman; fisher folk [漁民 | ぎょみん kyomin]
公民 gong1min2: citizen [こうみん koumin: citizen; freemen]
Japanese expression
国民不在 | こくみんふざい kokumin fuzai
: out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people
Chinese idiom
仁民愛物 [仁民爱物] ren2 min2 ai4 wu4
: love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
國弱民窮 [国弱民穷] guo2 ruo4 min2 qiong2
: the country weakened and the people impoverished
民以食為天 [民以食为天] min2 yi3 shi2 wei2 tian1
: Food is the God of the people. People view food as the primary need. Food first, ethical niceties second
象形 Pictographic.
Picture of an eye being pricked with an awl, indicating a slave.
Look-alike:
氏 shi4: clan name; family; maiden name
[kun: うじ uji.
on: し shi]
Examples:
我们和村民住在一起。
wo3men he3 cun1min2 zhu4 zai4yi1qi3.
We live with the country folks.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
