The Japanese Radical: 民


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Meaning
people    民

Explanation Buttocks in side view 尸 a “plus +” as a multiplier, since very many people (=buttocks) make up a nation.

Used in these characters:
民
JLPT 4Joyo 4
 people, nation, population
tami, MIN
 民 尸 氏
Left: buttock in side view 尸 and a plus +
Many buttocks with the “plus +” as a multiplier form a people.  
眠
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 sleep, sleepy
nemuru/i, MIN
 目 民
Left: eye 目, right: people/nation 民 (Many buttocks 尸 with the “plus +” as a multiplier form a people.)
(Inertia of the crowd) The eyes of the people are sleepy.  

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