Memory phrase for the character: 敏

敏

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Meaning

quick, nimble, agile, clever, sensitive

Pronunciation

mǐn

Explanation

 Left: each/every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母) [母 = woman 女 with bosom : ], right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)

Mnemonic
 
Every strike has to be quick.

Radicals

每 each, everyThe same meaning has 各
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳




 Vocabulary

灵敏 líng mǐn  smart; clever; sensitive; keen; quick; sharp
敏感 mǐn gǎn  sensitive; susceptible; politically sensitive (pretext for censorship)
灵敏度 líng mǐn dù  (level of) sensitivity
敏捷 mǐn jié  nimble; quick; shrewd
敏捷 mǐn jié  

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