人 — person, human being
ひと
人
person
Grade 1
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
2 strokes
family
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
Meanings
- person
- human being
Readings
- On'yomi
- じん jin にん nin
- Kun'yomi
- ひと hito びと bito
word
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).
しん ・じん shin 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 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).
な na 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).
Appears in idioms
八方美人
四字熟語
eight direction, beauty person
人海戦術
四字熟語
person sea, war art
女人禁制
四字熟語
woman person, prohibition system
衆人環視
四字熟語
masses person, ring inspection
二人三脚
四字熟語
two person, three legs
前人未到
四字熟語
before person, not-yet arrival
聖人君子
四字熟語
holy person, mister child
傍若無人
四字熟語
beside as if, no one
人間ができている
慣用句
one's personhood is fully formed
百人力
慣用句
the strength of a hundred people
人を食う
慣用句
to eat up and devour a person
人のふり見てわがふり直せ
諺
Watch others' behavior and correct your own
歳月人を待たず
諺
Time and tide wait for no man
人は見かけによらぬもの
諺
people are a thing not going by appearances
人はパンのみにて生くるにあらず
諺
man does not live by bread alone
人生は一度きり
諺
life is only a single time
人生一度きり
諺
a life comes around only once
人は見目よりただ心
諺
people are just heart, more than looks
人間万事金の世の中
諺
humans and all things, a world of money
先んずれば人を制す
諺
go first, and you control others
人生意気に感ず
諺
human life is moved by spirit
文は人なり
諺
the writing is the person
Components
Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.