敏

alert; cleverness; agile

10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1042.

Readings

• ビン (on reading): 敏感 (びんかん) sensitive; 過敏 (かびん) nervousness
• さとい (kun reading)

Components

• 毎
• 攵
• 乞 radical beg
• 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴
• 毋 radical mother; do not
• 母 radical mother

Kanji containing 敏

• 繁 luxuriant

Words using 敏

• 敏感 (びんかん) sensitive
• 過敏 (かびん) nervousness
• 機敏 (きびん) quick
• 俊敏 (しゅんびん) quick-witted and agile
• 鋭敏 (えいびん) sharp (eyes, ears, etc.)

35 words in all.

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