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民 — stroke order
Watch how to write 民 (mín) stroke by stroke. 民 has 5 strokes and means “citizens”. It appears in common words such as 市民 (city resident) and 人民 (the people). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 民
The most common words that use 民 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
市民shìmíncity resident人民rénmínthe people公民gōngmíncitizen民族mínzúnationality民主mínzhǔdemocracy農民nóngmínpeasant
How 民 is written
- Radical
- 民
- Components
- 巳 ＋ 戈
- Formation
- Ideographic — An eye 巳 pierced by a dagger 戈, an old mark of slavery.