人

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.3 Kanji 3.3.1 Readings 3.3.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Compounds 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Min Nan 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 7.3 Noun 7.4 Usage notes 7.5 Alternative forms 8 Vietnamese 8.1 Han character 9 Wu 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Noun 9.2.1 Usage notes 9.2.2 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – resembles the legs of a human being. The ancient version of this character depicted a man with arms and legs. Compare 大.

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

[edit] Han character

人 (radical 9 人+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 人 (O), four-corner 8000₀)

1. man, person
2. people
3. mankind
4. someone else

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 91, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 344
• Dae Jaweon: page 190, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 101, character 10
• Unihan data for U+4EBA

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

人 (Yale yan4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology

/hi₁to₂/: *pitə > ɸito > çito

[edit] Noun

人 (counter 人, hiragana ひと, romaji hito)

1. person
2. human

[edit] Derived terms

• 人の世 (hito no yo)

[edit] Kanji

人 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: じん (jin), にん (nin)
• Kun: ひと (hito)
• Nazuke: じ (ji), と (to), ね (ne), ひこ (hiko), ふみ (fumi)

[edit] Compounds

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

人
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 인 (revised: in, McCune-Reischauer: in, Yale: in)

• Name (hangeul): 사람 (revised: saram, McCune-Reischauer: saram, Yale: salam)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

人 (pinyin rén (ren2), Wade-Giles jen²)

[edit] Noun

人 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin rén)

1. man, person, people

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

人 (*njin)

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Pronunciation

• (vernacular) IPA: [ laŋ˧˥ ] lâng
• (literary, Quanzhou) IPA: [ lɪn˧˥ ] lîn
• (literary, Zhangzhou) IPA: [ ʑɪn˧˥ ] jîn

[edit] Noun

人 (traditional and simplified, POJ lâng)

1. person; people

[edit] Noun

人 (traditional and simplified, POJ jîn or lîn)

1. person; people

[edit] Usage notes

• When by itself, 人 is always read as lâng. For compound words, Min Nan resembles Japanese, in that there does not seem to be a consistent rule for when to use the vernacular vs. literary pronunciation. Certain compounds will always use the vernacular (ex. siàu-liân-lâng young person), whereas others will always use the literary pronunciation (ex. Hàn-jîn ethnic Han Chinese).

[edit] Alternative forms

• trad. 儂, simpl. 侬 (for lâng only)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

人 (nhân, nhơn)

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[edit] Wu

[edit] Pronunciation

• (vernacular, Quzhou) IPA: [ ɲiɲ ] nin
• (vernacular, Shanghai) IPA: [ ɲɪɲ ] nhin/gnin
• (literary, Quzhou) IPA: [ ʒən ] zhen
• (literary, Shanghai) IPA: [ zən ] zen

[edit] Noun

人

1. person; people

[edit] Usage notes

• When by itself, 人 is always read as [ɲɪɲ]. For compound words, Wu resembles Japanese, in that there does not seem to be a consistent rule for when to use the vernacular vs. literary pronunciation.

[edit] Compounds

• 人家 (colloquial)
• 人民 (literary)
• 人民币/人民幣(literary)
• 人口 (colloquial)
• 大人 (colloquial/literary)