敏
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(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攴 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 敏
- Common rank
- #1,822
- Unicode
- U+654F
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
quick-witted · Heisig RSH #1713
每 every + taskmaster
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 敏
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 威斯敏斯特教堂 | Westminster Abbey, London | |
| 过敏性反应 | allergic reaction; hypersensitive reaction; anaphylaxis | |
| 神经过敏 | jumpy; nervous; oversensitive | |
| 过敏反应 | allergic reaction | |
| 过敏性休克 | anaphylactic shock | |
| 花粉过敏 | hay fever | |
| 过敏性 | hypersensitive; allergic reaction; anaphylaxis | |
| 超敏反应 | hypersensitivity | |
| 敏感性 | sensitive; sensitivity | |
| 过敏原 | allergen; anaphylactogen | |
| 特敏福 | (HK) Tamiflu | |
| 士敏土 | cement (loanword) (old) | |
| 灵敏度 | (level of) sensitivity | |
| 热敏纸 | thermal paper | |
| 身手敏捷 | agile; nimble; deft | |
| 额敏县 | Emin, a county in Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang | |
| 辐射敏感性 | radiosensitivity | |
| 机敏 | agility | |
| 西敏 | Westminster, a London borough | |
| 思路敏捷 | quick-witted |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 每 — compare how they read.