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民 = 口 + 氏
民 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “people”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 氏 (family name). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1976. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.
- Keyword
- people
- RTK frame
- 1976
- Strokes
- 5
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ミン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- たみ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- люди, peoples
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 民 people
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 民
How to find 民 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “family name”. 民 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 民 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.