Considered an obscure/archaic form.
Appears mainly in dictionary and variant character compilations (Kangxi Zidian, Hanyu Da Zidian).
Sometimes treated as a variant of 泯 (민, “to perish, extinguish”).

Phono-semantic compound:
冫 (빙, ice radical) — semantic component, indicating coldness, freezing, or extinguishing.
民 (민, people) — phonetic component, giving the sound min.

Rare character, not used in modern Chinese, Japanese, or Korean.
Found in classical texts with meanings related to “extinguish” or “disappear.”

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

to equip, to furnish, to provide, to possess, to have, tools, implements, equipment, complete, whole

to combine, to unite, to include

to go forward, to advance slowly, gradually

again, once more

to put together, to arrange, to construct

crown, cap, to crown, foremost

winter, the end of the year

cold, cool, chill

to extinguish, to vanish, to die out, to disappear

to freeze, to be cold

convex, protruding, raised

concave, sunken, hollowed

to go out, to come forth, to emerge

to divide, to separate, to apportion

to carve, to engrave, to publish

punishment, penalty, sentence, to punish

beginning, first, initial

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冺

Etymology

Usage in Korean

Additional notes

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