憫 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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mǐn

pity

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 閔 represents the sound.

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn

heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

閔 Sound component

mǐn

mourn

Evolution

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

mǐn

pity, sympathize with, grieve for; to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for

Most common words with 憫

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	怜悯	pity
	悯	to pity
	悲悯	compassionate
	悲天悯人	to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind
	悯惜	to feel compassion for

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*mrə[n]ʔ	minX	mǐn	grieved

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.0045% of movies

2585th most common character in movies

2968th most common character in books

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