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岷

mín

Character

What 岷 means

1. name of a river in Sichuan

Words starting with 岷

• 岷江Mín JiāngMin River, Sichuan
• 岷县Mín XiànMin County or Minxian, a county in Dingxi City 定西市

Characters built on 民

These share the phonetic component 民 (mín), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 珉mínjade-like stone
• 抿mǐnto smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip
• 泯mǐn(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate
• 敃mǐnstrong; robust; vigorous

Characters that look like 岷

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 峡xiágorge
• 氓mángused in 流氓
• 岘xiànabbr. for 岘首山; Mt Xianshou in Hubei; steep hill
• 垠yínlimit; border; river bank
• 柩jiùbier
• 哌pàiused in transliteration

Sounds the same

Read mín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 民(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 玟jade-like stone
• 珉jade-like stone
• 旻heaven
• 缗cord; fishing-line; string of coins
• 痻to be ill
• 罠animal trap
• 旼gentle and affable
• 姄(used in female given names) (old)
• 忞to encourage oneself
• 暋unhappy; worried; depressed
• 苠multitude; skin of bamboo