人

人 — person

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 2
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #5 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: じん jin

にん nin
Kun'yomi: ひと hito

-り -ri

-と -to

Example words

日本人 nihonjin Japanese person

Words that use 人

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.