人 — person, human being

ひと人 person

ひと

U+4EBA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #5 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #951 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #9 · 亻

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Meanings

person
human being

Readings

On'yomi: じん jin にん nin
Kun'yomi: ひと hito びと bito

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ひと・びと hito Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

人(ひと) hito person 人(ひと) 々 hitobito people 人(ひと) びと hitobito people 村(むら) 人(びと) murabito villager あの人(ひと) anohito he (sometimes of one's spouse or partner) 人(ひと) ごみ hitogomi crowd of people 人(ひと) たち hitotachi people 人(ひと) だかり hitodakari crowd

じん jin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

日(に) 本(ほん) 人(じん) nihonjin Japanese person 人(じん) 口(こう) jinkou population 人(じん) 生(せい) jinsei life 白(はく) 人(じん) hakujin white person 名(めい) 人(じん) meijin master 人(じん) 文(ぶん) jinbun humanities 先(せん) 人(じん) senjin predecessors アジア人(じん) ajiajin Asian (person)

にん nin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

人(にん) 気(き) ninki popularity 三(さん) 人(にん) sannin three people 本(ほん) 人(にん) honnin the person in question 大(だい) 人(にん) 気(き) daininki very popular 四(よ) 人(にん) yonin four people 五(ご) 人(にん) gonin five people 十(じゅう) 人(にん) juunin ten people 千(せん) 人(にん) sennin 1000 people

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

一人(ひとり) hitori one person 二人(ふたり) futari two people 大人(おとな) otona adult 他人事(ひとごと) hitogoto other people's affair 素人(しろうと) shirouto amateur

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S = secondary school · 115 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

十人十色四字熟語

ten person, ten color

人生行路四字熟語

person life, go path

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Used as component in (23)

かい会 meeting あう合 fit うち内 inside いま今 now ちゃ茶 tea ぜん全 all いのち命 fate い以 by means of れい令 orders くら倉 godown

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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ひと・びと hito Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

じん jin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

にん nin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

り ri

な na

と to

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Used as component in (23)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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ひと ・びと hito Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

じん jin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

にん nin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

り ri

な na

と to

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Used as component in (23)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

ひと・びと hito Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).