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闵

Mǐn

Character Traditional 閔

What 闵 means

1. surname Min

Other readings

闵 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• mǐnold variant of {悯|mǐn}

Words starting with 闵

• 闵凶mǐn xiōngsuffering; affliction
• 闵行区Mǐn háng QūMinhang District of Shanghai
• 闵科夫斯基Mǐn kē fū sī jīMinkowski (name); Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909), German mathematician

Characters built on 文

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

• 斌bīnvariant of 彬
• 玟mínjade-like stone
• 吝lìn(bound form) stingy

Characters that look like 闵

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

• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 困kùnto trap; to surround; hard-pressed
• 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 闰rùnintercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar…

Sounds the same

Read Mǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 敏(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 抿to smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip
• 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