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Kanji: 人

KANJI
2 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
ひと
 ON 音 
ジン
ニン
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:
人(亻)
Radical name:
ひと(にんべん)
Meaning:
Person
Usage:
Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 4 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(おとな)
Adult
N5
(がいこくじん)
Foreigner
N5
(ひと)
person
N5
(ひとり)
one person
N5
(ふたり)
two people
N4
(ごしゅじん)
(honorable) your husband
N4
(じんこう)
population
N4
(にんぎょう)
doll, figure
N3
(おとこ)(ひと)
man
N3
(こいびと)
lover, sweetheart
N3
(こじん)
individual, private person, personal, private
N3
(しじん)
poet
N3
(しょうにん)
trader, shopkeeper, merchant
N3
(じんこう)
artificial, manmade, human work, human skill, artificiality
N3
(じんしゅ)
race (of people)
N3
(じんせい)
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
N3
(じんぶつ)
character, personality, person, man, personage, talented man
N3
(じんるい)
mankind, humanity
N3
(せいじん)
adult
N3
(たにん)
another person, unrelated person, outsider, stranger
N3
(にんき)
sign of life
N3
(にんげん)
human being, man, person
N3
(はんにん)
offender, criminal
N3
(びじん)
beautiful person (woman)
N3
(ひとご)
crowd of people
N3
(ひとりひとり)
one by one, each, one at a time
N3
(ふじん)
wife, Mrs, madam
N3
(ふじん)
woman, female
N3
(ほんにん)
the person himself
N3
(めいじん)
master, expert
N3
(ゆうじん)
friend
N3
(ろうじん)
the aged, old person
N2
(おんな)(ひと)
woman
N2
(しょくにん)
worker, mechanic, artisan, craftsman
N2
(しろうと)
amateur, novice
N2
(じんぞう)
man-made, synthetic, artificial
N2
(じんぶんかがく)
social sciences, humanities
N2
(じんめい)
(human) life
N2
(ちじん)
friend, acquaintance
N2
(ひとさしゆび)
index finger
N2
(ひとどお)
pedestrian traffic
N2
(やくにん)
government official
N1
(あきうど)
trader, shopkeeper, merchant
N1
(あだびと)
another person, unrelated person, outsider, stranger
N1
(いちにん)
one person
N1
(おとな)しい
obedient, docile, quiet
N1
(くろうと)
expert, professional, geisha, prostitute
N1
(こじん)
the deceased, old friend
N1
(さつじん)
murder
N1
(さんふじんか)
maternity and gynecology department
N1
(しゅじんこう)
protagonist, main character, hero(ine) (of a story), head of household
N1
(しょうにん)
witness
N1
使(しようにん)
employee, servant
N1
(しんじん)
new face, newcomer
N1
(じん)
man, person, people
N1
(じんかく)
personality, character, individuality
N1
(じんざい)
man of talent
N1
(じんたい)
human body
N1
(じんみん)
people, public
N1
(じんもく)
glimpse, public gaze
N1
(ちゅうにん)
go-between, matchmaker
N1
(とうにん)
the one concerned, the said person
N1
(ににん)
two persons, two people, pair, couple
N1
(にんじょう)
humanity, empathy, kindness, sympathy, human nature, common sense, customs and manners
N1
(ばんじん)
all people, everybody, 10000 people
N1
(ひとがら)
personality, character, personal appearance, gentility
N1
(ひとじち)
hostage, prisoner
Certain kanji information is from KANJIDIC, which is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.
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