mǐn

pity

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

闵 sound component

  Sound component

mǐn

  

mourn

Evolution

悯 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
悯 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
悯 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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mǐn

pity, sympathize with, grieve for; to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for

Most common words with 悯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

怜悯

pity

to pity

悲悯

compassionate

悲天悯人

to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind

悯惜

to feel compassion for

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.0045% of movies

2585th most common character in movies

2968th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

Unicode

U+60AF


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