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人 - N5 Kanji

Meaning of 人 意味

person

人 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

ひと hito
-り -ri
-と -to

KUNYOMI 訓読み

ジン jin
ニン nin

Examples

この人は画家だ!This fellow is an artist!
200人の人が昨年コレラで死んだ。Two hundred people died of cholera last year.
人は意識のある生き物だ。Man is a conscious being.
人がなんと言おうと僕は君の味方だ。I’ll stand by you no matter what others may say.
確かに彼はハンサムでないが、人がよい。He is not handsome, to be sure, but he is good-natured.
いい人です。He’s a good person.
彼はいい人です。He’s a good man.
人の心は皆違う。So many men, so many minds.
家族は4人です。We are a family of four.
トムはいい人だ。Tom is a good sort.

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