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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
公民 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
公民 ＝ 公 ＋ 民
ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄣˊ · gōngmín
noun — citizen; a person with recognized membership in a state

字源 FORM — what the parts do

公public; official (公司的公)gōng八 (divide/share outward) + 厶 (private/self) — the private opened and divided outward; what belongs to all
民the people; folk (人民的民)mínoriginal graph depicts an eye pierced — the mass of the common people
公民，公司的公，市民的民。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

私（厶）開了門（八）——公。萬民之眼（民）——公民，公與民的交點。
The private (厶) opens its doors (八) — that is 公. The eye of the many (民) — a citizen is where public belonging and the common people meet.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
人民rénmínthe people — 民 as a collective公民權gōngmínquáncivil rights — the rights that come with being a 公民