民 in English
- (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 17 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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世界上有很多不同的民族。
There are a lot of different peoples in the world.
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个人自由是民主的精髓。
Individual freedom is the soul of democracy.
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中国人民非常勤劳。
The Chinese are a hard-working people.
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中国政府控制了网络，以免让人民知道六四事件的真相。
The Chinese government controlled the internet to prevent the people from knowing the truth of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
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中国是三人在中等餐馆吃火锅自助餐一共值五块人民币而汉堡包比它贵五倍唯一的国家。您去搞明白吧......
China's the only country where three people can eat at a mid-range hotpot buffet for only 5 RMB, but a hamburger costs five times as much. Figure that one out!
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他受人民的爱戴。
He is loved by his people.
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再要开眼界，去看人民广场下面的地下商场。
To broaden your view, go see the underground shopping mall beneath People's Square.
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农民在春天播种。
Farmers sow seeds in the spring.