(Mǐn): short name for Fujian province 福建

(Mǐn) is a Chinese character meaning “short name for fujian province 福建.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical (gate). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: gate7 strokesFrequency #9999

Definitions

  1. short name for Fujian province 福建

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
mǐn qīngsee 閩清縣|闽清县[Min3 qing1 Xian4]
mǐn nán huàSouthern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas
mǐn nánMinnan (southern Fujian)
mǐn yǔMin dialects, spoken in Fujian Province, Taiwan etc
mǐn nán yǔSouthern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas
nà mǐnLabuan, island territory of Malaysia off Sabah coast, north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
mǐn jiāngMin River, Fujian
mǐn qīng xiànMinqing, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
mǐn càiFujian cuisine
mǐn hòusee 閩侯縣|闽侯县[Min3 hou4 Xian4]
mǐn hòu xiànMinhou, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
mǐn yuèFujian and Guangdong
chuān lǔ yuè sū zhè mǐn xiāng huīthe cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui (the eight major cuisines of...
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Total compounds
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appears in 13 compound words: 85 as the first character, 8 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

字在日常生活中使用频率较低。

Mǐn zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .

The character "闽" is not used very often in everyday life.

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( xīn chūn jiàn wén ) Mǐn xī fēi yí kè jiā shǒu fǔ zhǎn fēng cǎi

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Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 闽 (Mǐn) mean in Chinese?
闽 (Mǐn) primarily means "short name for fujian province 福建." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #9999 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 闽 and 长?
闽 (Mǐn) and 长 (cháng) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 闽 (short) vs 长 (long).
How many strokes does 闽 have?
闽 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 闽?
The radical associated with 闽 is 门 (gate). This radical appears in many characters related to gate.
What are common words containing 闽?
Common words with 闽 include: 闽清 (mǐn qīng, "see 閩清縣|闽清县[Min3 qing1 Xian4]"); 闽南话 (mǐn nán huà, "Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas"); 闽南 (mǐn nán, "Minnan (southern Fujian)"); 闽语 (mǐn yǔ, "Min dialects, spoken in Fujian Province, Taiwan etc"); 闽南语 (mǐn nán yǔ, "Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas"). There are over 13 compound words containing this character.
Is 闽 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 闽 and the traditional form is 閩.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.