Usage patterns 人じん 民みん の 声こえ the voice of the people
The government should listen to the voice of the people.
人じん 民みん のために 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something for the sake of the people
He devoted his life to the people.
人じん 民みん を 解かい 放ほう する to liberate the people
The revolutionary army declared that it would liberate the people.
人じん 民みん が 蜂ほう 起き する the people rise up (in revolt)
The people rose up against the dictatorial regime.
Kanji 民 people, nation, subjects Related words 国民 emphasizes citizenship and belonging to a nation-state, while 人民 is a broader, more abstract term for the masses often used in political or ideological contexts.
市民 refers to citizens of a city or members of civil society with a local, civic feel, whereas 人民 is used for the people as a large-scale political body.
民衆 stresses the common people as distinct from elites or rulers, while 人民 is the more formal term used in legal or ideological writing.
大衆 refers to the general public or masses in a social or cultural sense, while 人民 carries a political or ideological weight, as in socialist rhetoric.
人民 is a politically charged term for 'the people', often used in socialist or democratic contexts, whereas 民 is broader and less ideological.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 人 (person) and 民 (people, populace). The word has been used in political and legal contexts since the Meiji era.
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