【人】(nin,jin,hito/perple,person,human) Japanese Kanji / JLPT N5

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In this time, I will introduce the Kanji character 人.

How to read

① Onyomi (Chinese reading)

The on-readings are

・jin　じん
・nin　にん

For example,

・日本人　nihon-jin　にほんじん
Japanese people

・外国人　gai-koku-jin　がいこくじん
foreign people

・人種　jin-shu　じんしゅ
race, ethnic group

・人口　jin-kō　じんこう
population
日本の人口は約1億2000万人です。
The population of Japan is approximately 120 million.

・人工　jin-kō　じんこう
artificial
人工知能　jin-kō chi-nō　じんこうちのう
AI, artificial intelligence

・人気　nin-ki　にんき
popular
人気者　nin-ki-mono　にんきもの
popular person

・人間　nin-gen　にんげん
human

and so on.

② Kunyomi (Japanese reading)

Next, the kun-reading is

・hito　ひと

For example,

・人　hito　ひと
person, people, human
人々　hito-bito　ひとびと
people, a lot of people

・人里　hito-zato　ひとざと
human habitation, village
人里離れた場所　hito-zato hana-reta basho　ひとざとはなれたばしょ
A place with few private homes

・旅人　tabi-bito　たびびと
traveler

and so on.

③ Special reading

Next is a special reading.

・玄人　kurōto　くろうと
professional

・素人　shirōto　しろうと
amateur

・大人　otona　おとな
adult

・一人　hitori　ひとり
one person

・二人　futari　ふたり
two people

Meanings

Next is the meaning of the kanji for 人.
This kanji is used in the next meanings

・person, people, human

Radical

And the radical of this character is 人　hito
This character itself is a radical, a basic character.

Family name

There is no family name that uses the kanji character "人", which is widely used in Japan

Personal name

These are the most common personal names using the Kanji for 人

There are many male names with 人 in them.
The name is often read as "●●to" with 人 at the end of the name.

・隼人　hayato
・悠人　yūto
・健人　kento
・秀人　hideto

Famous person

Next, I will introduce Japanese celebrities who use the Kanji 人

・池田 勇人　Ikeda Hayato　いけだはやと
He is a prime minister of Japan

・市川 勇人　Ichikawa Hayato　いちかわはやと
He is a acter

・子安 武人　Koyasu Takehito　こやすたけひと
He is a voice actor

・中島 健人　Nakajima Kento　なかじまけんと
He is a Johnny's Idol

・人見 絹枝　Hitomi Kinue　ひとみきぬえ
She is a track-and-field athlete, First Japanese female Olympic gold medalist

・松本 人志　Matsumoto Hitoshi　まつもとひとし
He is a comedian

Look-alikes

Finally, here are some kanji that are similar to 人

・入　nyū, i-ru, hai-ru　にゅう、い（る）、はい（る）
enter, into

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