人
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Pictograph of the side view of a standing person.
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Historical Evolution
人
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
人
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
人
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
人
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
人
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
人
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
人
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
人
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
人
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
人
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
人
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
人
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
人
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
人
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
人
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
人
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
人
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
人
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
人
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
人
Regular
Modern
Chinese
人 [rén]
man; person; people; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
Japanese
person
noun
- person; someone; somebody
- human beings; mankind; man; people; humans
- human (Homo sapiens) (usu. ヒト)
- (other) people; others
- character; personality; nature
- capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person
- adult; grown-up
- I; me; one (used when rebuking or criticizing someone)
counter for people
suffix
- -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite) (indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.)
- -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ... (indicates expertise (in a certain field))
- man; person; people (usu. in compound words)
Korean
인 [人]
-in; A suffix used to mean a person.
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
人 じん
Jin given name
人 ひと
Hito unclassified name
人 ひとざき
Hitozaki surname
人 ひとたか
Hitotaka surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
女人 [nǚrén] #258
woman
别人 [biéren] #305
other people
别人 [biéren] #305
other people
男人 [nánrén] #306
a man
有人 [yǒurén] #366
someone
人员 [rényuán] #1,078
staff
人员 [rényuán] #1,078
staff
人们 [rénmen] #428
people
人们 [rénmen] #428
people
人民 [rénmín] #1,640
the people
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 人間 [にんげん] #140
human being
⭐ 二人 [ふたり] #474
two persons
⭐ 一人 [ひとり] #507
one person
⭐ 人生 [じんせい] #759
(one's) life
⭐ 一人で [ひとりで] #760
alone
⭐ 人々 [ひとびと] #864
people
⭐ 本人 [ほんにん] #873
the person in question
⭐ あの人 [あのひと] #875
he
⭐ 人物 [じんぶつ] #913
person
この人 [このひと] #919
this person
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