mǐn
Fujian province
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 门 represents the sound. Simplified form of 閩.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 闽
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
also pr. [Mín] | ||
Minnan (southern Fujian) | ||
Minjiang River (Fujian) | ||
Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas | ||
Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3306th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+95FD |
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