人
person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
2 strokes
Dict coverage rank #4 U+4EBA
How 人 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
The legs of a human being
How to remember it
person · Heisig RSH #793
— as a component also called: person
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 人 as their sound component
These characters all use 人 (rén) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人 sound component | rén | man, person; people |
| 认 | rèn | to know, to recognize, to understand |
| 氽 | tǔn | to float; to deep-fry |
| 倝 | gàn | sunrise, dawn |
Words containing 人
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人子 | rén zǐ | son of man |
| 人人 | rén rén | everyone; every person |
| 人大 | Rén dà | Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2]) |
| 人大 | rén dà | people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of vari… |
| 大人 | dà ren | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors |
| 一人 | yī rén | one person; a single person; (literary) the emperor |
| 国人 | guó rén | compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen |
| 中国人大 | Zhōng guó rén dà | China National People's Congress |
| 人头 | rén tóu | person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is u… |
| 无人不 | wú rén bù | no man is not... |
| 中人 | zhōng rén | go-between; mediator; intermediary |
| 人中 | rén zhōng | philtrum; infranasal depression; the "human center" acupuncture point |
| 学人 | xué rén | scholar; learned person |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 人心 | rén xīn | popular feeling; the will of the people |
| 人生 | rén shēng | life (one's time on earth) |
| 生人 | shēng rén | stranger; living person; to give birth; to be born (in a certain time or place) |
| 无人区 | wú rén qū | uninhabited region |
| 人山人海 | rén shān rén hǎi | (idiom) multitude; vast crowd |
| 人儿 | rén r | figurine |