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珉

mín

Character

What 珉 means

1. jade-like stone

Words containing 珉

• 玉珉yù mínjade and jade-like stone; impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake (idiom)

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.

• 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
• 岷mínname of a river in Sichuan
• 敃mǐnstrong; robust; vigorous

Characters that look like 珉

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

• 佩pèito respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 眠miánto sleep; to hibernate
• 氓mángused in 流氓
• 抿mǐnto smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip
• 舐shìto lick; to lap (up)
• 砥dǐbaffle (pier); whetstone

Sounds the same

Read mín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 民(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 玟jade-like stone
• 岷name of a river in Sichuan
• 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