敏 — Chinese character
敏
mǐn
fast, quick; clever, smart
- Pinyin
- mǐn
- Radical
- 66 ⽁ (Rap)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 每 攵
- Formation
- pictophonetic — strike; meaning component 攵; sound component 每
- Japanese
- 敏 as a kanji
Common words with 敏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敏感 | mǐn gǎn | sensitive; susceptible |
| 过敏 (過敏) | guò mǐn | (medicine) allergic; hypersensitive; (fig.) oversensitive; prone to overreact |
| 敏锐 (敏銳) | mǐn ruì | keen; sharp; acute |
| 敏捷 | mǐn jié | nimble; quick |
| 灵敏 (靈敏) | líng mǐn | smart; clever |
| 过敏性 (過敏性) | guò mǐn xìng | hypersensitive; allergic reaction |
| 敏感性 | mǐn gǎn xìng | sensitive; sensitivity |
| 灵敏度 (靈敏度) | líng mǐn dù | (level of) sensitivity |
| 机敏 (機敏) | jī mǐn | agility |
| 神经过敏 (神經過敏) | shén jīng guò mǐn | jumpy; nervous |
| 过敏反应 (過敏反應) | guò mǐn fǎn yìng | allergic reaction |
| 聪敏 (聰敏) | cōng mǐn | bright; sharp; quick-witted |
English words written with 敏
- sensitive
- keen
- thermal
- sensitivity
- allergic
- agility
- nimble
- hypersensitivity
- jumpy
- allergen
- anaphylaxis
- hypersensitive
敏 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 9 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Analects 1.14
- Analects 4.24
- Analects 5.14
- Analects 7.19
- Analects 12.1
- Analects 12.2
- Analects 17.6
- Analects 20.1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.