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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- men5
- English meanings
- pluralizer after pronouns and nouns of persons
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 亻; right 门.
Meaning & sound clues
亻 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “people”.
门 is identified as the sound component (mén). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 们.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
depressed; bored
door; gate
door
bored
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 人们
- 他们
- 你们
- 咱们
- 她们
- 它们
- 我们