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民 mín people

Made with 5 strokes.

Ancient small seal form

Different tone

皿 mǐn (dish)

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People

江泽民 Jiang Zemin

Chinese porcelain

Together with tea and silk, porcelain from China is its most famous export. Prized the world over, high quality porcelain commands high prices at auction. Like silk, the secret of its manufacture was a closely guarded secret for centuries.

Chinese characters

Some Chinese characters have their origin 10,000 years ago. The very old forms are simplified pictures of objects and animals. Later more abstract notions were represented in a simple way. Now there are a total of 200,000 distinct characters but fortunately only 2,000 suffice for everyday life.

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