人
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Translingual[edit]
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Alternative forms[edit]
- 亻 (when used as a left radical)
Etymology[edit]
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.
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Han character[edit]
人 (radical 9 人+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 人 (O), four-corner 80000)
Usage notes[edit]
In print, 人 may have symmetric legs. However in handwriting, to distinguish from 入, the right leg will be shorter, the shape looking like a ʎ; in 入 the left leg is shorter.
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- 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
Cantonese[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
Hakka[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
人 (POJ ngìn (nyin5), Guangdong ngin2 [Meixian, Hailu], Hagfa Pinyim ngin1, ngin2)
References[edit]
- CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
- Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
- Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
| 人 |
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Kanji[edit]
人
Readings[edit]
- Goon: にん (nin)
- Kan’on: じん (jin)
- Kun: ひと (hito), り (ri)
- Nanori: じ (ji), と (to), ね (ne), ひこ (hiko), ふみ (fumi)
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Japanese.
/hi1to2/: *pitə > ɸito > çito
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
人 (counter 人, hiragana ひと, romaji hito)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
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Synonyms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
- 人の世 (hito no yo)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Chinese 人.
Pronunciation[edit]
Counter[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
The above reading is used when counting three people or more. When counting one or two people, namely 一人 (hitori, “one person”) or 二人 (futari, “two people”), the reading is り (-ri).
Etymology 3[edit]
From Middle Chinese 人. Later borrowing than nin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
人 (in)
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 인 (revised: in, McCune-Reischauer: in, Yale: in)
- Name (hangeul): 사람 (revised: saram, McCune-Reischauer: saram, Yale: salam)
Compounds[edit]
Mandarin[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
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Hanzi[edit]
人 (Pinyin rén (ren2), Wade-Giles jen2)
Noun[edit]
人 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin )
- man, person, people
- John 1.4
- 生命在他里头。这生命就是人的光。
- shēngmìng zaì tā lǐtou. Zhè shēngmìng jiùshì rén de guāng.
- In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
- 那人是谁？nà rén shì shéi?
- Who is that person?
- 有人敲门了。 yǒu rén qiāo mén le.
- Someone knocked on the door.
- John 1.4
- human being
- 人类 mankind
- physical, psychological or moral quality or condition
- 就我所知，他人不错。jiù wǒ suǒ zhī， tā rén bùcuò.
- As far as I know, he is kind.
- 就我所知，他人不错。jiù wǒ suǒ zhī， tā rén bùcuò.
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms
References[edit]
- "Jukuu" (in Mandarin/English), Jukuu. URL accessed on 2014-03-20.
Middle Chinese[edit]
Han character[edit]
人 (*njin)
Min Nan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (vernacular) IPA(key): [ laŋ˧˥ ] lâng
- (literary, Quanzhou) IPA(key): [ lɪn˧˥ ] lîn
- (literary, Zhangzhou) IPA(key): [ ʑɪn˧˥ ] jîn
Noun[edit]
人 (traditional and simplified, POJ lâng)
Noun[edit]
人 (traditional and simplified, POJ jîn or lîn)
Usage notes[edit]
- 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 (trad. 漢人, simpl. 汉人) ethnic Han Chinese).
Alternative forms[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
References[edit]
Wu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (vernacular, Quzhou) IPA(key): [ ɲiɲ ] nin
- (vernacular, Shanghai) IPA(key): [ ɲɪɲ ] nhin/gnin
- (literary, Quzhou) IPA(key): [ ʒən ] zhen
- (literary, Shanghai) IPA(key): [ zən ] zen
Noun[edit]
人
Usage notes[edit]
- 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.
Compounds[edit]
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