The Japanese Radical: 民


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Meaning
people    民

Explanation

Used in these characters:
民
JLPT 4Joyo 4
 people, nation, population
tami, MIN
 民 尸 氏
Left: buttocks in side view 尸, right a variation of sabre 弋, but here: + (=plus-sign for many)
The buttocks that many and form a people. (Or: Family 氏 with double upper line as multiplyer.)  
眠
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 sleep, sleepy
nemuru/i, MIN
 目 民
Left: eye 目, right: people/nation 民 (buttock from the side 尸, sabre 弋)
(Inertia of the masses) The eyes of the people are sleepy.  

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