敏
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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)
- fast, quick, clever, smart
- A given name
Derived characters
- 𠍁, 𠽊, 𢄯, 𤨨, 𥼖, 𪉾
References
- KangXi: 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
simp. and trad. | 敏 | |
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alternative forms | 勄 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 敏 |
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Bronze inscriptions |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (母) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ) : phonetic 每 (OC *mɯːʔ) + semantic 攴 (“hand; action”). The 攴 component was sometimes written as 又 (“hand”) in early writing.
Pronunciation
Definitions
敏
- quick
- clever
Compounds
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Japanese
Shinjitai | 敏 | |
Kyūjitai [1] | 敏 敏 or 敏+ ︀ ? | ![]() |
敏󠄀 敏+ 󠄀 ?(Adobe-Japan1) | ||
敏󠄃 敏+ 󠄃 ?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
敏
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 敏)
- alert
- agile
- quick
Readings
- Go-on: みん (min)
- Kan-on: びん (bin, Jōyō)
- Kun: さとい (satoi, 敏い)←さとし (satosi, 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 (binkan, “sensitivity”)
Kanji in this term |
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敏 |
びん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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敏 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 敏 (MC mˠiɪnX).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) びん [bíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [bʲĩɴ]
Adjective
敏 • (bin) -na (adnominal 敏な (bin na), adverbial 敏に (bin ni))
- quick, sharp
Inflection
Inflection of 敏
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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 |
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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 |
Noun
敏 • (bin)
- quickness, sharpness
Proper noun
敏 • (Satoshi)
- a male given name
References
- “敏”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
敏 (eumhun 민첩할 민 (mincheophal min))
- Hanja form? of 민 (“nimble, agile”).
- Hanja form? of 민 (“quick-witted”).
- Hanja form? of 민 (“humble, well-mannered”).
- Hanja form? of 민 (“thorough”).
- Hanja form? of 민 (“hardworking”).
Compounds
- 민감 (敏感, min'gam, “sensitivity”)
- 민첩성 (敏捷性, mincheopseong, “agility”)
Vietnamese
Han character
敏: Hán Nôm readings: mẫn, mắn
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Compounds
- mẫn cảm (敏感, “sensitive”)