人 — kanji meaning “person”
人
person
- Meanings
- person
- On'yomi
- ジン (jin)、ニン (nin)
- Kun'yomi
- ひと、-り、-と
- Name readings
- じ、と、ね、ひこ、ふみ
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #5 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- rén — Chinese character page
Words with 人
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
| 個人 | こじん kojin | individual; private person; personal |
| 人気 | にんき ninki | popularity; public favor |
| 人生 | じんせい jinsei | (one's) life |
| 人々 | ひとびと hitobito | people; men and women |
| 大人 | おとな otona | adult; grown-up |
| 本人 | ほんにん honnin | the person in question; the person themselves; said person |
| 友人 | ゆうじん yuujin | friend |
| 人物 | じんぶつ jinbutsu | person; character; figure |
| 殺人 | さつじん satsujin | murder; homicide; manslaughter |
| 法人 | ほうじん houjin | corporation; corporate body; company |
| 人口 | じんこう jinkou | population |
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