珉 mín
noun
: alabaster
: jade-like stone
Kun Reading
none applicable
On Reading
ビン bin
ミン min
: stone resembling jade
Usage:
珉玉 min2yu4: good and bad; expensive and cheap
Chinese idiom
珉玉杂淆 min2yu4 za2 xiao2
: scholars of various talents
玉珉 yu4min2
: jade and jade-like stone; impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake
Etymology:
象形 Pictographic.
王 (wang2: king; jade) suggests the meaning while
民 (min2: people) provides the sound.
象形 Pictographic.
王 (wang2: king; jade) suggests the meaning while
民 (min2: people) provides the sound.
Semantic:
䃉 min2: (same as 賨) a stone resembling jade
Historical variant:
玟 min2: streaks in jade; gem
Examples:
none applicable
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
