人

See also: 入, 𠆢, ㅅ, and 亻

人 U+4EBA, 人 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EBA ← 亹 [U+4EB9] CJK Unified Ideographs 亻 → [U+4EBB]

⼈ U+2F08, ⼈ KANGXI RADICAL MAN ← ⼇ [U+2F07] Kangxi Radicals ⼉ → [U+2F09]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 亻 (when used as a left radical)
• 𠂉 (when used as an upper radical)

Han character

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

1. Kangxi radical #9, ⼈.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/人
• 认, 㕥, 汄, 队, 㫃, 㽗, 𬖌, 龪, 𨤿, 閄(𬮘), 䖋, 飤(𬲦), 魜(𬶁), 㞤, 閃(闪)

References

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

• See 人/derived terms § Glyph origin.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		人
alternative forms		亻 component 𠆢 component ⺈ component 儿 component 几 亻 component 𠆢 component ⺈ component 儿 component 几 𠔽 𤯔 𦉫

Sagart (1999) relates it to Tibetan ཉེན (nyen, “relative”), from ཉེ (nye, “near”) + nominalizing suffix -n; if so, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-naːj ~ s-nej (“near”).

Schuessler (2007) proposes two etymologies:

• Same etymon as 仁 (OC *njin, “to be kind; to be good”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/k-niŋ (“heart; brain; mind”). The semantic association of 仁 with 人 was somewhat late, dated to Mencius's time; later on, 仁 would be usually interpreted as "humane, acting like a human being".
  • If so, semantically parallel with Tibetan སེམས་ཅན (sems can, “living being, human, animal”, literally “possessor of mind”); and Latin animalis (“living, having soul”) from anima (“soul”).
• Related to Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɲaʔ ~ *ɲah (“person”) with a nominalizing suffix -n, from the auto-ethnonym of a hostile, possibly Austroasiatic-speaking, eastern people, whom the Sinitic-speaking Shang referred to as 人方 (OC *njin paŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): rén (ren²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): ren²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): жын (řɨn, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): jan⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngin³

• Gan (Wiktionary): nyin⁴ / liin⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngìn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngin²

• Jin (Wiktionary): reng¹
• Min Bei (KCR): nêng
• Min Dong (BUC): ìng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): jîn / lîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ring⁵ / rêng⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): nyin (T3); zen (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): ren²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ
    • Wade–Giles: jên2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ren²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rhen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /zən²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: жын (řɨn, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐəŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴
    • Yale: yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡin²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: nyin⁴ / liin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲin³⁵/, /lɨn³⁵/

Note:

• nyin4 - vernacular;
• liin4 - literary.

Hakka

• (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn
  • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ
  • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin²
  • Sinological IPA: /ɲin¹¹/
• (Meixian)
  • Guangdong: ngin²
  • Sinological IPA: /ɲin¹¹/

Jin

• (Taiyuan)⁺
  • Wiktionary: reng¹
  • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/

Min Bei

• (Jian'ou)
  • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nêng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /neiŋ³³/

Min Dong

• (Fuzhou)
  • Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³/

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn
  • Tâi-lô: jîn
  • Phofsit Daibuun: jiin
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin²³/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn
  • Tâi-lô: lîn
  • Phofsit Daibuun: liin
  • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lin²⁴/
• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ring⁵ / rêng⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jîng / jêng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/, /d͡zeŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• rêng5 - Jieyang;
• ring5 - other places.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: nyin (T3); zen (T3)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲɪɲ²³/, /z̻əɲ²³/

Note:

• 3nyin - colloquial;
• 3zen - literary.

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: ren²
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 人
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʐən³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʐən²⁴/ /in²⁴/
	Tianjin	/in⁴⁵/ /ʐən⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ʐẽ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/iə̃⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʐən⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ʐẽ²⁴/
	Xining	/ʐə̃²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ʐəŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʐə̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ʐɤŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/nən²¹³/
	Chengdu	/zən³¹/
	Guiyang	/zen²¹/
	Kunming	/ʐə̃³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʐən²⁴/
	Hefei	/ʐən⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/zəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ʐəŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ʐə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵiŋ²³/ /zəŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/zən¹³/ /ȵin¹³/
	Hangzhou	/zen²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/zaŋ³¹/ 文讀 /ȵaŋ³¹/ 白讀 /naŋ³¹/ 訓讀
Hui	Shexian	/iʌ̃⁴⁴/ /niʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/ian⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʐən¹³/
	Xiangtan	/in¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵin⁴⁵/ /lɨn⁴⁵/ ～參
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋin¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/ŋin¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jɐn²¹/
	Nanning	/jɐn²¹/
	Hong Kong	/jɐn²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/lin³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/iŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/neiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ziŋ⁵⁵/ /naŋ⁵⁵/ 訓讀
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/zin³¹/ /naŋ³¹/ 訓儂

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵiɪn/

Rime
Character	人
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	人
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	(other) person
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	人
Reading #	1/1
No.	10800
Phonetic component	人
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	仁
Old Chinese	/*njin/

Definitions

人

1. man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)

   那人是誰？ / 那人是谁？  ―  Nà rén shì shuí?  ―  Who is that person?

   嗰個人係邊個嚟㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   嗰个人系边个嚟㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   go² go³ jan^4-2 hai⁶ bin¹ go³ lai⁴ gaa³? [Jyutping]

   Who is that person?

   有人敲門了。 / 有人敲门了。  ―  Yǒurén qiāomén le.  ―  Someone knocked on the door.

2. human being

   人類 / 人类  ―  rénlèi  ―  human

3. body

   這兩天人不大舒服。 [MSC, trad.]
   这两天人不大舒服。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú. [Pinyin]

   I [lit. the body] haven't been feeling that well these few days.

4. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   今天上午你人在哪？ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ? [Pinyin]

   Where have you been this morning?

5. everybody; everyone

   人人  ―  rénrén  ―  everybody

   人手一冊 / 人手一册  ―  rénshǒu yīcè  ―  It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.)

6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality

   就我所知，他人不錯。 [MSC, trad.]
   就我所知，他人不错。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò. [Pinyin]

   As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad).

   我不知道他是什麼人。 [MSC, trad.]
   我不知道他是什么人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén. [Pinyin]

   I don't know what kind of person he is.

7. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er

   主持人  ―  zhǔchírén  ―  host

   北京人  ―  Běijīngrén  ―  Beijinger

   香港人 [Cantonese]  ―  hoeng¹ gong² jan⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  Hongkonger

8. manpower; worker; employee
9. ^† talent; person of talent
10. ^† other people; others

    人云亦云  ―  rényún yìyún  ―  to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say)

11. ^† common people; commoner
12. ^† adult; grown-up

    長大成人 / 长大成人  ―  chángdà chéngrén  ―  to grow up to be an adult

13. ^† reason; cause
14. ^† sexual intercourse

    人道  ―  réndào  ―  sexual intercourse

    人事  ―  rénshì  ―  sexual intercourse

15. ^† company; companion; friend
16. ^† artificial; man-made

    人禍 / 人祸  ―  rénhuò  ―  human disaster

17. ^† mortal; bodily; earthly

    人間 / 人间  ―  rénjiān  ―  the mortal world

18. ^† Alternative form of 仁 (rén, “kernel”).
19. ^† Alternative form of 仁 (rén, “charity”).
20. ^† Alternative form of 仁 (rén, “loving; kind”).
21. (Beijing) Lenition of 人家 (rénjia).

    別磨蹭啦，人在外頭等著我們呢！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    别磨蹭啦，人在外头等着我们呢！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

    Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne! [Pinyin]

    Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!

22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother
23. A surname​.

Synonyms

• See 人/derived terms § Person (Chinese).

Compounds

• See 人/derived terms § Person (Chinese).

Descendants

• See 人/derived terms § Person (Chinese).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		人
alternative forms		儂／侬 𠆧

The Min native word for “person”; used as a replacement character for 儂／侬. Use of 人 is recommended by Taiwan's Ministry of Education.

Pronunciation 1

• Min Dong (BUC): nè̤ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵

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• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nè̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡøyŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng
    • Tâi-lô: lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

人 (coastal Min)

1. man; person; people; human being; Homo sapiens (Classifier: 個／个 mn; 隻／只 md)
2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er
   • 臺灣人 / 台湾人 [Hokkien]  ―  Tâi-oân-lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Taiwanese
3. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition
   • 伊人𣍐䆀。 / 伊人𫧃䆀。 [Hokkien]  ―  I lâng bē-bái. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  He is kind. (literally, “His personality is not bad.”)

Compounds

• See 人/derived terms § Person (2) (Chinese).

Pronunciation 2

• Min Dong (BUC): nè̤ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lāng / lǎng / lâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁷

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• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nè̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡøyŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāng
    • Tâi-lô: lāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /laŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎng
    • Tâi-lô: lǎng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng
    • Tâi-lô: lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nang⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹¹/

Definitions

人 (coastal Min)

1. other people

   • 人講三百六十五行會當行行出狀元。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     人讲三百六十五行会当行行出状元。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 黃一飛 (Huang Yi-fei), 你苦無我苦

     Lâng kóng saⁿ-pah la̍k-cha̍p-gō͘ hâng ē-tàng hâng-hâng chhut chiōng-goân. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     People say you can be a master in any of the 365 trades.

2. I; me

References

• “人”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00068
• “Entry #52”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

人

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: にん (nin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: じん (jin, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひと (hito, 人, Jōyō); り (ri, 人)
• Nanori: きよ (kiyo); さね (sane); じ (ji); たみ (tami); と (to); ね (ne); ひこ (hiko); ひとし (hitoshi); ふと (futo); ふみ (fumi); むと (muto); め (me)

Compounds

• See 人/derived terms § Kanji (Japanese).

Etymology 1

⟨pi₁to₂⟩ → */pʲitə/ → /fito/ → /hito/ → /çito/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pitə.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) ひと [hìtó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çi̥to̞]

Noun

人(ひと) • (hito)  (counter 人)

1. a person, human
   • 2004 June 4, “レオニンの従(じゅう)者(しゃ) [Leonin Squire]”, in フィフス・ドーン [Fifth Dawn], Wizards of the Coast:

     私(わたし)は王(おう)かもしれないが、兵(へい)士(し)や人(ひと)々(びと)なくしては、私(わたし)は何(なに)者(もの)でもないのだ。

     Watashi wa ō kamo shirenai ga, heishi ya hitobito naku shite wa, watashi wa nanimono demo nai no da.

     I may be king, but without my soldiers and my people, I am nobody.

2. an individual

   Synonym: 個人 (kojin)

3. mankind, people

   Synonyms: 人類 (jinrui), 人間 (ningen)

4. character, personality

   Synonyms: 人格 (jinkaku), 人柄 (hitogara)

5. an average person

   Synonym: 世人 (sejin, yohito)

6. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   Synonyms: 方 (kata), 者 (mono)

7. (law) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
8. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
9. an adult

   Synonyms: 大人 (otona), 成人 (seijin)

10. someone (else)

Usage notes

• When scientifically referring to humans, this term is often spelled in katakana, as ヒト.
• From Old Japanese or Middle Japanese development, hito is sometimes shifted to -uto, -udo, -to, -tto, or -do.

Derived terms

• See 人/derived terms § Person (Japanese).

Pronoun

人(ひと) • (hito) 

1. (archaic) second-person personal pronoun: you

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 人 (MC ȵiɪn). The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”), so likely the earlier or initial borrowing from Middle Chinese. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Explain nasal basis for goon reading/borrowing”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) に​ん [níꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

人(にん) • (nin) 

1. a personality
2. the role of that person

Derived terms

• See 人/derived terms § Personality (Japanese).

Counter

人(にん) • (-nin) 

1. counter for number of people

See also

• See 人/derived terms § Counter (Japanese).

Affix

人(にん) • (nin) 

1. man

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 人 (MC ȵiɪn). The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”), so likely a later borrowing from Middle Chinese. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Explain plosive basis for kan'on reading/borrowing”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɴ]

Suffix

人(じん) • (-jin) 

1. person from that group

   アジア人(じん)、イギリス人(じん)、スペイン人(じん)、ドイツ人(じん)、アメリカ人(じん)、スコットランド人(じん)

   Ajiajin, Igirisujin, Supeinjin, Doitsujin, Amerikajin, Sukottorandojin

   an Asian, an Englishman, a Spaniard, a German, an American, a Scot

2. person who does the activity of the suffixed word

Derived terms

• See 人/derived terms § Person from group (Japanese).

Affix

人(じん) • (jin) 

1. man
2. Short for 人造 (jinzō): artificial, synthetic

Etymology 4

Possibly a shift from -tari below.

Counter

人(り) • (-ri) 

1. counter for number of people

Derived terms

• See 人/derived terms § Counter (2) (Japanese).

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Counter

人(たり) • (-tari) 

1. counter for number of people

Derived terms

• See 人/derived terms § Counter (3) (Japanese).

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 人 (MC ȵiɪn).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean ᅀᅵᆫ (Yale: zin) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean ᅀᅵᆫ訓 (Yale: zin) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527. Recorded as Middle Korean 인訓 (Yale: in) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [in]
• Phonetic hangeul: [인]

Hanja

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人 (eumhun 사람 인 (saram in))

1. Hanja form^? of 인 (“human; person”).

Compounds

• See 人/derived terms § Person (Korean).

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

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Kunigami

Kanji

人

• Kun: ちゅー (chū)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuː/

Noun

人 (hiragana ちゅー, romaji chū)

1. person
2. human

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Miyako

Kanji

人

• Kun: ぴぃとぅ (psïtu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ps̩tu/

Noun

人 (hiragana ぴぃとぅ, romaji psïtu)

1. person
2. human

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Okinawan

Kanji

人

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: にん (nin)
• Kun: っちゅ (tchu, 人); ぴとぅ (pitu, 人); い (i, 人); たい (tai, 人)

Compounds

• See 人/derived terms § Kanji (Okinawan).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̚t͡ɕu/

Noun

人 (hiragana っちゅ, rōmaji tchu)

1. person
2. human

Derived terms

• See 人/derived terms § Person (Okinawan).

Etymology 2

Noun

人 (hiragana ぴとぅ, rōmaji pitu)

1. people
2. person

Derived terms

• See 人/derived terms § Person (2) (Okinawan).

Etymology 3

Noun

人 (hiragana にん, rōmaji nin)

1. person; type of person

Derived terms

• See 人/derived terms § Type of person (Okinawan).

Counter

人 (hiragana にん, rōmaji -nin)

1. counter for number of people

Derived terms

• See 人/derived terms § Counter (Okinawan).

Etymology 4

Counter

人 (hiragana い, rōmaji -i)

1. counter for number of people

Derived terms

• See 人/derived terms § Counter (2) (Okinawan).

Etymology 5

Counter

人 (hiragana たい, rōmaji -tai)

1. counter for number of people

Derived terms

• See 人/derived terms § Counter (3) (Okinawan).

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Vietnamese

Hán Tự

人: Hán Việt readings: nhân (如(như)鄰(lân)切(thiết))
人: Nôm readings: nhơn, nhân, người

1. (Northern Vietnam) Hán tự form of nhân (“human”).
2. (Southern Vietnam) Hán tự form of nhơn (“human”).

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Yaeyama

Kanji

人

• Kun: ぴぃとぅ (pïtu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɨtu/

Noun

人 (hiragana ぴぃとぅ, romaji pïtu)

1. person
2. human

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Yonaguni

Kanji

人

• Kun: っとぅ (ttu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˀu/

Noun

人 (hiragana っとぅ, romaji ttu)

1. person
2. human