民

people; nation; subjects

5 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 28.

Readings

• ミン (on reading): 国民 (こくみん) people (of a country); 市民 (しみん) citizen (of a country)
• たみ (kun reading): 民 (たみ) people; 流浪の民 (るろうのたみ) wandering people

Components

• 氏
• 口 radical mouth
• 尸 radical corpse; flag
• 氏 radical clan

Kanji containing 民

• 眠 sleep
• 岷 name of a Chinese river
• 氓 people
• 泯 die out
• 罠 trap
• 愍 pity
• 緡 paper string

Words using 民

• 国民 (こくみん) people (of a country)
• 市民 (しみん) citizen (of a country)
• 住民 (じゅうみん) inhabitant
• 民 (みん) citizen
• 民間 (みんかん) private
• 民 (たみ) people
• 流浪の民 (るろうのたみ) wandering people
• 民草 (たみくさ) people
• 神の民 (かみのたみ) People of God (i.e. the Israelites)
• 国民 (くにたみ) people of a country

718 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists