• 113th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.17% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 362 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mín (Min2)surname Min
2. mín (min2)the people • nationality • citizen

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

人民 
人民币 (人民幣)
公民 
市民 
民主 
民族 

Uncommon

人民网 (人民網)
全民 
周渝民 
回民 
国民 (國民)
国民党 (國民黨)
国泰民安 (國泰民安)
居民 
平民 
村民 
民俗 
民国 (民國)
民居 
民工 
民心 
民意 
民歌 
民营 (民營)
民生 
民众 (民眾)
民航 
民谣 (民謠)
民警 
民进党 (民進黨)
民间 (民間)
渔民 (漁民)
牧民 
移民 
网民 (網民)
股民 
亲民 (親民)
农民 (農民)
农民工 (農民工)
游民 (遊民)
选民 (選民)

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  • 135th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 228 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)between • among • within a definite time or space • room • section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars • classifier for rooms
2. jiàn (jian4)gap • to separate • to thin out (seedlings) • to sow discontent

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

之间 (之間)
夜间 (夜間)
房间 (房間)
时间 (時間)
瞬间 (瞬間)
空间 (空間)

Uncommon

世间 (世間)
中间 (中間)
人间 (人間)
晚间 (晚間)
期间 (期間)
民间 (民間)
无间 (無間)
突然间 (突然間)
卫生间 (衛生間)
开间 (開間)
间断 (間斷)
间谍 (間諜)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.