Chinese Character Wiki

敏

mǐn

fast

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound.

Components
攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

每 sound component

每  Sound component

měi

  

every

Evolution

敏 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
敏 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
敏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
敏 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
敏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

敏  

mǐn

fast, quick, clever, smart; quick; nimble; agile; clever; smart

Most common words with 敏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

敏感

sensitive

过敏

allergic

敏

quick

敏锐

keen

敏捷

nimble

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

繁 鳘

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mrə[n]ʔ (~ *mrəʔ)

minX

mǐn

diligent, active


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 22.1688% of movies

1315th most common character in movies

1436th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+654F

Shuowen

“敏，疾也。从攴，每聲。”


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