JLPT N3 · 5 strokes
Kanji 民: "people, nation, subjects"
The kanji 民 means "people, nation, subjects". It is written with 5 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read ミン in on'yomi and たみ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ミン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たみ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | people, nation, subjects |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 5 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 28 of 2,501 |
Common words with 民
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 民people; citizens; subjects; folk
- 国民people (of a country); nation; citizen; national · Democratic Party for the People
- 住民inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
- 市民citizen (of a country); citizenry · citizen (of a city); resident; inhabitant; townspeople
- 庶民common people; ordinary people; masses
- 民間private; non-governmental; non-official; civilian · folk; popular
- 平民commoner; plebeian · commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
- 民衆people; populace; masses
- 民citizen; resident; person · user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
- 民族people; race; nation; ethnic group
- 民家private house
- 領民population of a fief
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