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mǐn

to press, to smooth; to purse the lips

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 民 provides pronunciation
HSK 8 strokes Uncommon (38%)

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⿰扌民 i

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Component Tree i

shǒu
hand
📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手
3 strokes
mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
💡 Ideographic: An eye 巳 pierced by a dagger 戈, an old mark of slavery
5 strokes HSK 4