Chinese symbol for “person”
人
rén
person; people; 个 (gè),位 (wèi),名 (míng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for person is 人 (rén), defined as: person; people; 个 (gè),位 (wèi),名 (míng).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “person”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 人士 | rén shì | person; figure |
| 人身 | rén shēn | person; personal |
| 人称 (人稱) | rén chēng | (grammar) person (first person etc); called; known as |
| 人头 (人頭) | rén tóu | person; number of people |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 人口 | rén kǒu | population; people |
| 个人 (個人) | gè rén | an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own |
| 人员 (人員) | rén yuán | staff; crew |
See also: Japanese symbol for “person”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.