人
person
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
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.