JLPT N3 · People & society

市民

しみん

citizen

Stroke order of 市民

2 characters, 10 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

市 · 5 strokes民 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

The 民 people who shop at the 市 market are the city's citizens.

Parts: 市 market/city (亠 + 巾 cloth) + 民 people

Example sentence

市民のために新しい図書館ができました。

しみんのためにあたらしいとしょかんができました。

A new library was built for the citizens.

Words with 市

市場market 市長mayor 市役所city hall 市民権citizenship 都市city

Words with 民

国民citizens; nation 住民residents 市民権citizenship 民主主義democracy 移民immigrant 難民refugee

More words: People & society

首相prime minister 都市city 労働labor; work 勤務duty; service (at work)役所government office 共通common; shared 種類kind; type 部分part; portion 他人other people; stranger 教師teacher 生徒pupil; student 組織organization 非常識lack of common sense 天才genius 皆様everyone (polite)

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