Memory phrase for the character: 民




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Meaning

the people, nationality, citizen

Pronunciation

mín

Explanation

Left: buttocks seen from the side 尸, right: a plus-sign +

Mnemonic


 
Many buttocks with the “plus +” as a multiplier form a people. (And a person 人 = 亻= 厂 with a “plus +” becomes a family 氏).

Radicals

people, nationButtocks in side view 尸 a “plus +” as a multiplier, since very many people (= buttocks) make up a nation.
clanVariant of hill 丘. Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name. It can be seen as one person 人, which is modified as: 厂 and a “plus +” as a multiplier, so that many persons form a family.
buttocks in side viewThis radical has actually the meaning: corpse 尸. But due to its use in tail 尾, urine 尿, or flatulence 屁, it is considered to generally mean 'buttocks'.
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 Vocabulary

人民 rén mín  the people
人民政府 rén mín zhèng fǔ  people's government
人民公社 rén mín gōng shè  people's commune
全民 quán mín  entire population (of a country)
殖民主义 zhí mín zhǔ yì  colonialism
民主革命 mín zhǔ gé mìng  democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
难民 nàn mín  refugee
人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn  people's court (of law); people's tribunal
民众 mín zhòng  populace; masses; the people
民众 mín zhòng  
贫民窟 pín mín kū  slum housing
贫民窟 pín mín kū  

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