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The character 闵 consists of the enclosing radical 门, meaning door or gate, and the inner component 文, which provides the phonetic element and relates to literature or culture. In its traditional form 閔, the outer door radical 門 fully encloses this phonetic element. The original meaning was to grieve, mourn, or feel profound sympathy for someone suffering illness or misfortune, evoking a sense of distress confined within a household. Today, while this sense of commiseration occasionally appears in classical texts, the character is primarily used as a common Chinese surname, its emotional connotations largely replaced by its function as a familial identifier in contemporary usage.
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闵先生是我的邻居。
我们去闵行区吃饭。
闵同学的成绩很好。
闵行公园里有很多花。
闵经理今天很忙。
闵行区的交通越来越方便。
这部电影讲述了闵家人的故事。
虽然闵行区在上海郊区，但是那里很繁华。