Meaning & readings
people, nation, subjects
Origin
This character appears to be a simple pictograph showing a person or human figure in simplified form. The strokes suggest an upright body with a head, representing the basic idea of a human being. From this visual foundation of depicting an individual person, the meaning expanded to include larger groups—eventually referring to people as a collective body, subjects of a nation, or the nation itself. The shape is abstract enough that it works as a symbol for humanity in general rather than any specific person.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Pictographic or simple.
Components
This character is treated as a single, undivided shape (民).
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 5
- Kangxi radical
- 83
- Grade
- Grade 4 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #28 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 3
- Unicode
- U+06C11