How to write 人 (rén, “person”)
人 (rén), an HSK 1 character, means “person”. Make Me a Hanzi uses it in 53 other characters, such as 个 (“classifier”), 今 (“now”) and 介 (“to introduce”). On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 家人 (“family member”), 名人 (“personage”) and 大人 (“adult”). Japanese reads it jin, “person”, as a JLPT N5 kanji.
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 人 (“person”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdownwards → down and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏centerdown and right → rightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 2 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
人 inside other characters
Make Me a Hanzi count: 53 characters.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| rén second tone | person; people | — | 家人 名人 女人 客人 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 1 word
- Words with it
- 1,274 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 人
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人 | rén | person; people HSK 1 |
| 家人 | jiārén | family member; servant HSK 1 |
| 名人 | míngrén | personage; celebrity HSK 3 |
| 大人 | dàren | adult; grownup HSK 3 |
| 女人 | nǚrén | woman HSK 3 |
| 客人 | kèrén | visitor; guest HSK 3 |
| 爱人 愛人 | àiren | spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC) HSK 3 |
| 男人 | nánrén | a man; a male HSK 3 |
| 病人 | bìngrén | sick person; patient HSK 3 |
| 老人 | lǎorén | old man or woman; the elderly HSK 3 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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