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mǐn = mi + (e)n3
surname Min
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mǐn = mi + (e)n3
old variant of 憫|悯[min3]
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How to pronounce 闵

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= mi initial

Mi is for Marilyn Monroe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)n3 final

In the encampment’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

闵 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mén = m + (e)n2
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
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wén = w + (e)n2
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
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Characters with 闵 as component

mǐn = mi + (e)n3
to sympathize / to pity / to feel compassion for
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mǐn = mi + (e)n3
to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for / (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved
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Words with 闵

suffering / affliction
Minkowski (name) / Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909), German mathematician
Minhang District of Shanghai

Sentences with 闵

闵 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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mǐn

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