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Kotomora

人

person

JLPTN5StatusJōyō · grade 1FrequencyTop 100Strokes2

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジン
  • ニン

Kun'yomi

  • ひと
  • -り
  • -と

Nanori

  • じ
  • と
  • ね
  • ひこ
  • ふみ

Meaning

人 centers on the concept of a human being: a person, an individual, or people in general.

Most common words using 人

24 of 2,925
  • 人ひと
    N5

    person; someone; somebody

  • 人じん
    N3

    -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite)

  • 人にん

    counter for people

  • 人間にんげん
    N3

    human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind

  • 個人こじん
    N3

    individual; private person; personal; private

  • 人気にんき
    N4

    popularity; public favor

  • 人生じんせい
    N3

    (one's) life

  • 大人おとな
    N5

    adult; grown-up

  • 日本人にほんじん

    Japanese person

  • 本人ほんにん
    N3

    the person in question; the person themselves; said person

  • 友人ゆうじん
    N3

    friend

  • 人々ひとびと
    N1

    people; men and women

  • 人物じんぶつ
    N3

    person; character; figure; personage; man; woman

  • 主人公しゅじんこう
    N2

    protagonist; main character; hero; heroine

  • 他人たにん
    N3

    another person; other people; others

  • 殺人さつじん
    N1

    murder; homicide; manslaughter

  • 人たちひとたち

    people

  • 人類じんるい
    N3

    mankind; humanity

  • 恋人こいびと
    N3

    lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

  • 法人ほうじん
    N1

    corporation; corporate body; company; legal entity; legal person; juridical person

  • 一人ひとり
    N5

    one person

  • 人口じんこう
    N4

    population

  • 美人びじん
    N3

    beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker

  • 巨人きょじん

    giant; great man

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Study

Etymology

人 is a pictograph of a person standing sideways, with the two strokes representing the legs and body. This is one of the oldest and most stable character forms.

Meaning mnemonic

The two strokes look like a person's legs as they stand. Picture a simple stick figure: 人 is a person.

Reading mnemonic

For ジン, imagine a person drinking a refreshing gin and tonic: gin -> ジン, and the person enjoys it.