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Kanji Information Sheet for 民 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info:
一 (いち) – one
氏 (うじ) – clan
一 (いち) – one
氏 (うじ) – clan
Henshall Mnemonic: populace is more substantial than clan
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #28 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #28 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 国民 [こくみん]
(n) national; people; citizen [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住民 [じゅうみん]
(n) citizens; inhabitants; residents; population [K] [D] [Jisho] - 農民 [のうみん]
(n) farmers; peasants [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 民謡 [みんよう]
(n) folk song; popular song [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民間 [みんかん]
(adj-no,n) private; civilian; civil; popular; folk; unofficial [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 民俗 [みんぞく]
(n) people; race; nation; racial customs; folk customs [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民族 [みんぞく]
(n) people; race; nation; racial customs; folk customs [K] [D] [Jisho] - 庶民 [しょみん]
(n) masses; common people [K] [D] [Jisho] - 人民 [じんみん]
(n) people; public [K] [D] [Jisho] - 移民 [いみん]
(n) (1) emigration; immigration; (2) emigrant; immigrant [K] [D] [Jisho] - 植民地 [しょくみんち]
(n) colony [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民主 [みんしゅ]
(n) democratic; the head of the nation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民宿 [みんしゅく]
(n) private home providing lodging for travelers [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 民族自決 [みんぞくじけつ]
self-determination of peoples [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民族主義 [みんぞくしゅぎ]
nationalism [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民兵 [みんぺい]
(n) militia(men) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自民 [じみん]
(abbr) Liberal Democratic Party; LDP [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民放 [みんぽう]
(n) commercial broadcast [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自民党 [じみんとう]
LDP; Liberal Democratic Party [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民法 [みんぽう]
(n) civil law; civil code [K] [D] [Jisho] - 官民 [かんみん]
(n) government and people [K] [D] [Jisho] - 漁民 [ぎょみん]
(n) fishermen [K] [D] [Jisho] - 庶民的 [しょみんてき]
(adj-na) normal; natural; common [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民話 [みんわ]
(n) folklore [K] [D] [Jisho] - 市民権 [しみんけん]
(n) citizenship [K] [D] [Jisho] - 市民社会 [しみんしゃかい]
civil society [K] [D] [Jisho] - 人民戦線 [じんみんせんせん]
(n) popular front [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇民党 [こうみんとう]
Imperialist Party [K] [D] [Jisho] - 原住民 [げんじゅうみん]
(n) native people; aboriginal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 町民 [ちょうみん]
(n) townspeople [K] [D] [Jisho] - 中華人民共和国 [ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこく]
People's Republic of China; Communist China [K] [D] [Jisho] - 半官半民 [はんかんはんみん]
(adj-no,n) semi-governmental; semi-official [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国民金融公庫 [こくみんきんゆうこうこ]
People's Finance Corporation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国民健康保険 [こくみんけんこうほけん]
national health insurance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国民宿舎 [こくみんしゅくしゃ]
national youth hostels [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国民性 [こくみんせい]
(n) national traits or character; nationality [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国民総生産 [こくみんそうせいさん]
(n) gross national product; GNP; gross domestic product; GDP [K] [D] [Jisho] - 住民税 [じゅうみんぜい]
(n) municipal tax [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.