# 民 — Peoples

Frequency rank 159 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 強 (Strong), less common than 九 (Nine).

- On’yomi: みん
- Kun’yomi: たみ
- Radical: 氏 Clan (Kangxi 83)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 4
- Strokes: 5

One drop of blood off the banner-pole hits the valley floor and forty cousins with the same heavy jaw stand up behind it, then the next three valleys stand up too.

In words:

- 市民 しみん — citizen
- 民間 みんかん — private,civilian,civil,popular,folk,unofficial
- 民謡 みんよう — folk song,popular song

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