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闽

閩
mǐn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Fujian Province

Examples

HSK 2
他在闽南长大，会说闽南话。
Tā zài Mǐnnán zhǎngdà, huì shuō mǐnnánhuà.
He grew up in southern Fujian and speaks Hokkien.
HSK 4
闽菜是中国八大菜系之一。
Mǐncài shì Zhōngguó bādà càixì zhīyī.
Min cuisine is one of China's eight great culinary traditions.

Tips

usage
闽 is the one-character abbreviation for Fujian Province, used on license plates and in compounds like 闽南 (southern Fujian) and 闽菜 (Fujian cuisine).

Components

phonetic
门 mén
door; gate
The gate 门 wraps the top and sides and supplies the sound, shifted from mén to mǐn. The wrapping shape is split across the stroke order.
semantic
虫 chóng
insect; worm; serpent
Inside the gate sits 虫. It originally referred to a snake-revering southeastern tribe, which is how this character came to name the Fujian region.

Stroke Order

闽 mǐn