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敏	U+654F, 敏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-654F

敏	U+FA41, 敏 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA41

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[U+FA40]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

既 →
[U+FA42]

敏	U+2F8C8, 敏 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8C8

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[U+2F8C7]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

敬 →
[U+2F8C9]

Translingual

Han character

敏 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+7 in Chinese, 攴+6 in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人卜人大 (OYOK), four-corner 8854₀, composition ⿰每攵 or ⿰毎攵)

fast, quick, clever, smart
A given name

Derived characters

𠍁, 𠽊, 𪤓, 𢄯, 𭛿, 𢠨, 𢳺, 𭲅, 𪱃, 𣙕, 𤨨, 𰴈, 𥼖, 𬥧, 𪪉, 䲄, 𪉾
𭔍, 𭄼, 𭒘, 慜, 𤛎, 繁, 瀪, 鰵(鳘), 𪄴

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 471, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13202
Dae Jaweon: page 823, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1463, character 1
Unihan data for U+654F

Unihan data for U+FA41

Unihan data for U+2F8C8

Chinese

More information simp. and trad., alternative forms ...

simp. and trad.		敏
alternative forms		勄

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 敏, Western Zhou ...

Historical forms of the character 敏
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

More information Old Chinese ...

	Old Chinese
脢	mɯːs, mɯː, *mɯːs
挴	mlɯːʔ, mɯːʔ
海	*hmlɯːʔ
毐	ʔmɯː, ʔmɯːʔ
呣	*mɯ
拇	*mɯʔ
母	*mɯʔ
胟	*mɯʔ
姆	mɯʔ, mɯs, *maːʔ
畮	*mɯʔ
踇	*mɯʔ
苺	mɯs, mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
莓	mɯs, mɯː, *mɯːs
敏	mrɯʔ, mrɯŋʔ
鰵	*mrɯŋʔ
慜	*mrɯŋʔ
毋	*ma
梅	*mɯː
酶	*mɯː
鋂	*mɯː
每	*mɯːʔ
毎	*mɯːs
痗	mɯːs, hmɯːs
晦	*hmɯːs
誨	*hmɯːs
悔	hmɯːʔ, hmɯːs
霉	*mrɯl

Characters in the same phonetic series (母) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ): phonetic 每 (OC *mɯːʔ) + semantic 攴 (“hand; action”). The 攴 component was sometimes written as 又 (“hand”) in early writing.

Etymology

Compare Burmese မြန် (mran, “quick, fast”) (Luce, 1981).

Pronunciation

More information Variety, Location ...

Variety	Location	edit 敏
Mandarin	Beijing	/min²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/min²¹³/
	Tianjin	/min¹³/
	Jinan	/miẽ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/miə̃⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/min⁵³/
	Xi'an	/miẽ⁵³/
	Xining	/miə̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/miŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/mĩn⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/miŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/min⁴²/
	Chengdu	/min⁵³/
	Guiyang	/min⁴²/
	Kunming	/mĩ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/min²¹²/
	Hefei	/min²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/miəŋ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/miŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/mĩŋ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/miŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/min⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/min⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/meŋ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/miʌ̃³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi	/min³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/min⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/min⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/min²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/men³¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/mien²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mɐn²³/
	Nanning	/mɐn²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/mɐn¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/bin⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/miŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/meiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/miaŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/min²¹³/

More information Rime, Character ...

Rime
Character	敏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	眉殞切
Baxter	minX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚin^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mien^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjin^X/
Li Rong	/mjĕn^X/
Wang Li	/mǐĕn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man⁵

More information Character, Reading # ...

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	敏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǐn
Middle Chinese	‹ min^X ›
Old Chinese	/mrə[n]ʔ/ (~ mrəʔ)
English	diligent, active
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	敏	敏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9296	9297
Phonetic component	母	母
Rime group	之	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	愍	愍
Old Chinese	/*mrɯʔ/	/*mrɯŋʔ/

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐn (min³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mén
Eastern Min (BUC): mīng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bín

(Teochew, Peng'im): miang² / miêng²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐn
  - Wade–Giles: min³
  - Yale: mǐn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miin
  - Palladius: минь (minʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: man⁵
  - Yale: máhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mén
  - Hakka Romanization System: men^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: men³
  - Sinological IPA: /men³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bín
  - Tâi-lô: bín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bin⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: miang² / miêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: miáng / miéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miaŋ⁵²/, /mieŋ⁵²/

Note:

miang2 - Shantou;
miêng2 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶min
  - MiniDict: min^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²³/

Dialectal data

Middle Chinese: minX

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mrə[n]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mrɯʔ/, /*mrɯŋʔ/

Definitions

敏

quick
clever

Compounds

不敏 (bùmǐn)
伶俐聰敏 / 伶俐聪敏
俊敏
光敏作用
光敏症
勤敏
士敏土 (shìmǐntǔ)
心閑手敏 / 心闲手敏
恪敏
才思敏捷 (cáisīmǐnjié)
敏士
敏感 (mǐngǎn)
敏感度
敏感話題 / 敏感话题
敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
敏捷 (mǐnjié)
敏於伎 / 敏于伎
敏給 / 敏给
敏練慈愷 / 敏练慈恺
敏豆 (mǐndòu)
敏贍 / 敏赡
敏銳 / 敏锐 (mǐnruì)
敬謝不敏 / 敬谢不敏
機敏 / 机敏 (jīmǐn)
熱敏性 / 热敏性
熱敏電阻 / 热敏电阻 (rèmǐn diànzǔ)
神經過敏 / 神经过敏 (shénjīng guòmǐn)
穎敏 / 颖敏
精敏
聰敏 / 聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
膚敏 / 肤敏
西敏宮 / 西敏宫
西敏寺 (Xīmǐnsì)
辨敏
過敏 / 过敏 (guòmǐn)
過敏原 / 过敏原
遜志時敏 / 逊志时敏
銳敏 / 锐敏 (ruìmǐn)
開敏 / 开敏
靈敏 / 灵敏 (língmǐn)
靈敏度 / 灵敏度

Japanese

Shinjitai	敏
Kyūjitai ^[1]	敏 `敏` or 敏+`︀`^?
	敏󠄀 敏+`󠄀`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	敏󠄃 敏+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 敏

敏

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 敏)

Readings

Go-on: みん (min)
Kan-on: びん (bin, Jōyō)
Kun: さとい (satoi, 敏い)^{←さとし (satosi, 敏し, historical)}、とし (toshi, 敏し)
Nanori: あきら (akira)、さと (sato)、さとし (satoshi)、すすむ (susumu)、つとむ (tsutomu)、と (to)、とし (toshi)、はや (haya)、はやし (hayashi)、はる (haru)、みぬ (minu)、ゆき (yuki)、よし (yoshi)

Compounds

敏感(びんかん) (binkan, “sensitivity”)

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Kanji in this term
敏
びん Grade: S
on'yomi

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Alternative spelling
敏 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 敏 (MC minX).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びん [bíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [bʲĩɴ]

Adjective

敏(びん) • (bin) -na (adnominal 敏(びん)な (bin na), adverbial 敏(びん)に (bin ni))

quick, sharp

Inflection

More information Stem forms, Imperfective (未然形) ...

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	敏だろ	びんだろ	bin daro
Continuative (連用形)	敏で	びんで	bin de
Terminal (終止形)	敏だ	びんだ	bin da
Attributive (連体形)	敏な	びんな	bin na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	敏なら	びんなら	bin nara
Imperative (命令形)	敏であれ	びんであれ	bin de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	敏ではない敏じゃない	びんではないびんじゃない	bin de wa nai bin ja nai
Informal past	敏だった	びんだった	bin datta
Informal negative past	敏ではなかった敏じゃなかった	びんではなかったびんじゃなかった	bin de wa nakatta bin ja nakatta
Formal	敏です	びんです	bin desu
Formal negative	敏ではありません敏じゃありません	びんではありませんびんじゃありません	bin de wa arimasen bin ja arimasen
Formal past	敏でした	びんでした	bin deshita
Formal negative past	敏ではありませんでした敏じゃありませんでした	びんではありませんでしたびんじゃありませんでした	bin de wa arimasen deshita bin ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	敏で	びんで	bin de
Conditional	敏なら（ば）	びんなら（ば）	bin nara (ba)
Provisional	敏だったら	びんだったら	bin dattara
Volitional	敏だろう	びんだろう	bin darō
Adverbial	敏に	びんに	bin ni
Degree	敏さ	びんさ	binsa