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[edit] Translingual

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[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 .

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Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

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

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

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(Yale yan4)


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/hi1to2/: *pitə > ɸito > çito

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(counter , hiragana ひと, romaji hito)

  1. person
  2. human

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(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Eumhun:

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(pinyin rén (ren2), Wade-Giles jen2)

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(traditional and simplified, Pinyin rén)

  1. man, person, people

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(*njin)


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(traditional and simplified, POJ lâng)

  1. person; people

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(traditional and simplified, POJ jîn or lîn)

  1. person; people

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(nhân, nhơn)


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[edit] Noun

  1. person; people

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