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闽 plates: Fujian, and what the letters mean
Facts checked
A plate beginning 闽 was registered in Fujian, a province. The character is Mǐn, said roughly “min”. 闽 is the old name of the Minyue people of the south-east coast and of the Min River that runs through Fuzhou. The province's name joins 福州 Fúzhōu and 建州 Jiànzhōu.
The letter after it is the office that issued the plate. 闽A belongs to Fuzhou, and 10 further letters are recorded below.
The colour of the plate is a separate fact from the characters: it says what kind of vehicle carries it, and the characters say nothing about it. The colour guide sets out what each of the 7 colours licenses.
Key facts
| Plate character | 闽 “min” |
|---|---|
| Place | Fujian |
| Kind | province |
| Capital | Fuzhou |
| City letters | 11 |
| Why this character | 闽 is the old name of the Minyue people of the south-east coast and of the Min River that runs through Fuzhou. The province's name joins 福州 Fúzhōu and 建州 Jiànzhōu. |
The city letters
- 闽A Fuzhou
- 闽B Putian
- 闽C Quanzhou
- 闽D Xiamen
- 闽E Zhangzhou
- 闽F Longyan
- 闽G Sanming
- 闽H Nanping
- 闽J Ningde
- 闽K Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone and provincial agencies
- 闽O Fujian provincial public security
| Prefix | Letter | City | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 闽A | A | Fuzhou | Fujian's letters were assigned clockwise around the map from Fuzhou: A Fuzhou, then B Putian round to J Ningde. |
| 闽B | B | Putian | |
| 闽C | C | Quanzhou | |
| 闽D | D | Xiamen | |
| 闽E | E | Zhangzhou | |
| 闽F | F | Longyan | |
| 闽G | G | Sanming | |
| 闽H | H | Nanping | |
| 闽J | J | Ningde | |
| 闽K | K | Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone and provincial agencies | Shared letter: Pingtan draws defined blocks inside 闽K (small and large cars 50001–89999, taxis KT0001–KT9999, coaches KY0001–KY9999) and the rest of the series serves provincial-level bodies. |
| 闽O | O | Fujian provincial public security | Police series. |
Fujian plates: questions people ask
- What does 闽 mean on a Chinese licence plate?
- 闽 (Mǐn, "min") is the abbreviation for Fujian. 闽 is the old name of the Minyue people of the south-east coast and of the Min River that runs through Fuzhou. The province's name joins 福州 Fúzhōu and 建州 Jiànzhōu.
- Which city is 闽A?
- Fuzhou. The letter A goes to the seat of government in almost every province, and the remaining letters were assigned to the other issuing offices.
- How many plate letters does Fujian use?
- 11 are recorded here, A to O. A retired or reassigned letter keeps its note in the table.
Related
Sources for Fujian
- Wikipedia (Chinese), 中华人民共和国民用机动车号牌 (Civil motor-vehicle registration plates of the People's Republic of China). Read . Carries the complete province-by-province table of issuing-office letters, with the retired and renumbered series footnoted to Chinese news and public-security sources. Used as a finding aid; wording here is our own.
- Wikipedia, Vehicle registration plates of China. Read . English list of prefixes; the article flags its own list as incomplete, so it is used here to cross-check the Chinese table rather than as the primary record.