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何人 (nanijin) Japanese meaning: what nationality | Kotomora

何なに人じん

Meanings

1

what nationality

Used to ask about a person's nationality or country of origin. Often followed by ですか or なの.

彼かの女じょは何なに人じんですか。
What nationality is she?
お父とうさんは何なに人じんなの？
What nationality is your father?

Kanji

何what
人person

Don't confuse with

何なん人にんN5
Written identically as 何人 but read なにじん, this word asks about a person's nationality ('what nationality'), whereas 何人 read なんにん asks about the number of people.

Built from

何なに

Etymology

Compound of 何 (なに, 'what') + 人 (じん, 'person' in the sense of nationality).