平民

へいみん

Meanings

1. Noun commoner; plebeian
2. commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes) See also: 族称 (ぞくしょう).

Kanji

• 平 flat. Read as ヘイ.
• 民 people. Read as ミン.

Words containing 平民

• 平民社 (へいみんしゃ) Plebian Society (ca. 1904)
• 平民主義 (へいみんしゅぎ) democracy
• 新平民 (しんへいみん) new commoner

And 1 more.

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