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Kanji: 人

KANJI
人
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KUN 訓
ひと
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ジン
ニン
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:
人(亻)
Radical name:
ひと(にんべん)
Meaning:
Person
Usage:
Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 4 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
大人(おとな)
Adult
N5
外国人(がいこくじん)
Foreigner
N5
人(ひと)
person
N5
一人(ひとり)
one person
N5
二人(ふたり)
two people
N4
御主人(ごしゅじん)
(honorable) your husband
N4
人口(じんこう)
population
N4
人形(にんぎょう)
doll, figure
N3
男(おとこ)の人(ひと)
man
N3
恋人(こいびと)
lover, sweetheart
N3
個人(こじん)
individual, private person, personal, private
N3
詩人(しじん)
poet
N3
商人(しょうにん)
trader, shopkeeper, merchant
N3
人工(じんこう)
artificial, manmade, human work, human skill, artificiality
N3
人種(じんしゅ)
race (of people)
N3
人生(じんせい)
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
N3
人物(じんぶつ)
character, personality, person, man, personage, talented man
N3
人類(じんるい)
mankind, humanity
N3
成人(せいじん)
adult
N3
他人(たにん)
another person, unrelated person, outsider, stranger
N3
人気(にんき)
sign of life
N3
人間(にんげん)
human being, man, person
N3
犯人(はんにん)
offender, criminal
N3
美人(びじん)
beautiful person (woman)
N3
人込(ひとご)み
crowd of people
N3
一人一人(ひとりひとり)
one by one, each, one at a time
N3
夫人(ふじん)
wife, Mrs, madam
N3
婦人(ふじん)
woman, female
N3
本人(ほんにん)
the person himself
N3
名人(めいじん)
master, expert
N3
友人(ゆうじん)
friend
N3
老人(ろうじん)
the aged, old person
N2
女(おんな)の人(ひと)
woman
N2
職人(しょくにん)
worker, mechanic, artisan, craftsman
N2
素人(しろうと)
amateur, novice
N2
人造(じんぞう)
man-made, synthetic, artificial
N2
人文科学(じんぶんかがく)
social sciences, humanities
N2
人命(じんめい)
(human) life
N2
知人(ちじん)
friend, acquaintance
N2
人差指(ひとさしゆび)
index finger
N2
人通(ひとどお)り
pedestrian traffic
N2
役人(やくにん)
government official
N1
商人(あきうど)
trader, shopkeeper, merchant
N1
他人(あだびと)
another person, unrelated person, outsider, stranger
N1
一人(いちにん)
one person
N1
大人(おとな)しい
obedient, docile, quiet
N1
玄人(くろうと)
expert, professional, geisha, prostitute
N1
故人(こじん)
the deceased, old friend
N1
殺人(さつじん)
murder
N1
産婦人科(さんふじんか)
maternity and gynecology department
N1
主人公(しゅじんこう)
protagonist, main character, hero(ine) (of a story), head of household
N1
証人(しょうにん)
witness
N1
使用人(しようにん)
employee, servant
N1
新人(しんじん)
new face, newcomer
N1
人(じん)
man, person, people
N1
人格(じんかく)
personality, character, individuality
N1
人材(じんざい)
man of talent
N1
人体(じんたい)
human body
N1
人民(じんみん)
people, public
N1
人目(じんもく)
glimpse, public gaze
N1
仲人(ちゅうにん)
go-between, matchmaker
N1
当人(とうにん)
the one concerned, the said person
N1
二人(ににん)
two persons, two people, pair, couple
N1
人情(にんじょう)
humanity, empathy, kindness, sympathy, human nature, common sense, customs and manners
N1
万人(ばんじん)
all people, everybody, 10000 people
N1
人柄(ひとがら)
personality, character, personal appearance, gentility
N1
人質(ひとじち)
hostage, prisoner
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