Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 民

民

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Meaning

 people, nation, population

Pronunciation

 MIN
tami

Explanation

 Left: buttocks in side view 尸, right a variation of sabre 弋, but here: + (=plus-sign for many)

Mnemonic

The buttocks that many and form a people. (Or: Family 氏 with double upper line as multiplyer.)

Radicals

民 people
尸 buttocks (in a side view)(The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".)
氏 Family
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Vocabulary

民 たみ nation, people
民謡 みんよう folk song/popular song
移民者 いみんしゃ immigrant
民主主義 みんしゅしゅぎ democracy
人民 じんみん people, public
住民 じゅうみん citizens, inhabitants, population
国民 こくみん national, people, citizen
市民 しみん citizen, townspeople
庶民 しょみん masses, common people

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