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mángméng HSK7

people

Phonosemantic compound. 民 represents the meaning and 亡 represents the sound.

Components

民
民 Meaning component
mín people
亡
亡 Sound component
wáng death

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmɛngmˤr[i]ŋpopulation, people
Zhengzhangmraːŋ

說文解字

民也。从民亡聲。讀若盲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)