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抿

mǐn

Character

What 抿 means

1. to smooth hair with a wet brush
2. (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly
3. to sip

Words starting with 抿

• 抿子mǐn zismall hairbrush

Words containing 抿

• 一抿子yī mǐn zia little bit

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
• 泯mǐn(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate
• 岷mínname of a river in Sichuan
• 敃mǐnstrong; robust; vigorous

Characters that look like 抿

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

• 很hěnvery; quite…
• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 恨hènto hate; to regret
• 肤fūskin
• 狠hěnruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart)

Sounds the same

Read mǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敏(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 闽short name for Fujian 福建; also pr. Mín
• 泯(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate
• 悯to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for; (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved
• 皿(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container; radical no. 108
• 敃strong; robust; vigorous
• 湣(ancient character used in posthumous titles of monarchs); old variant of 悯
• 刡to scrape; to pare
• 慜clever; old variant of 愍
• 鳘cod
• 黾to strive
• 忞ancient variant of 暋