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short name for Fujian 福建[Fu2 jian4]; also pr. [Min2]

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,907 U+95FD

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 门 (phonetic, mén)

components: 门虫

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 门

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 门 (mén) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
门 sound component	mén	gate, door, entrance, opening
问	wèn	to ask about, to inquire after
闻	wén	news; to hear, to smell; to make known
闷	mēn	gloomy, depressed, melancholy
们	men	plural marker for pronouns and some nouns
闰	rùn	intercalary; extra, surplus
蔺	lìn	hay, straw; surname
闵	mǐn	to mourn, to grieve; to incite, to urge on
扪	mén	to stoke, to pat; to grope, to feel
訚	yín	respectful; to speak gently
钔	mén	mendelevium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
闽南语	Mǐn nán yǔ	Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas; Hokkien,…
闽清县	Mǐn qīng Xiàn	Minqing, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
闽南话	Mǐn nán huà	Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding area…
闽南	Mǐn nán	Minnan (southern Fujian)
闽语	Mǐn yǔ	Min dialects, spoken in Fujian Province, Taiwan etc
闽江	Mǐn Jiāng	Min River, Fujian
闽清	Mǐn qīng	see 閩清縣\|闽清县[Min3 qing1 Xian4]
纳闽	Nà mǐn	Labuan, island territory of Malaysia off Sabah coast, north Borneo 婆羅洲\|婆罗洲
闽菜	Mǐn cài	Fujian cuisine
闽侯县	Mǐn hòu Xiàn	Minhou, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽	Chuān Lǔ Yuè Sū Zhè Mǐn Xiāng Huī	the cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui (…
闽侯	Mǐn hòu	see 閩侯縣\|闽侯县[Min3 hou4 Xian4]
闽粤	Mǐn Yuè	Fujian and Guangdong