Kanji · first appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary
人

人 – person

2 strokesTaught in grade 1#5 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 人 means person. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジン、ニン (jin, nin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひと、-り、-と (hito, ri, to). It is written with 2 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

12

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiジンjin
On’yomiニンnin
Kun’yomiひとhito
Kun’yomi-りri
Kun’yomi-とto

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 9).

Words using 人

Example sentences

200人の人が昨年コレラで死んだ。
Two hundred people died of cholera last year.
この人は画家だ!
This fellow is an artist!
人は意識のある生き物だ。
Man is a conscious being.

Kanji with the same radical

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