The kanji 人: meaning, readings and stroke order

人

Meaning: person
On reading: ジン jin、ニン nin
Kun reading: ひと hito
Strokes: 2
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: người (nhân)
Japanese: ひと。にんげん。
Korean: 사람 (인)
Chinese: 人

Readings, words and example sentences

ジン jin · on reading

日に本ほん人じん
Japanese person
わたしは 日に本ほん人じんです。
I am Japanese.

ニン nin · on reading

三さん人にん
three people
こうえんに子どもが 三さん人にん います。
There are three children in the park.
人にん気き
popularity, being liked
この犬はとても 人にん気きがあります。
This dog is very popular.

ひと hito · kun reading

人ひと
person
あそこに 人ひとが立っています。
A person is standing over there.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.