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[edit] Translingual

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  • (when used as a left radical)

[edit] Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – resembles the legs of a human being. The ancient version of this character depicted a man with arms and legs. Compare .

人 人 人 人
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

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

  1. person
  2. people
  3. humanity
  4. someone else

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In print, 人 may have symmetric legs. However in handwriting, to distinguish from , the right leg will be shorter, the shape looking like a ʎ; in 入 the left leg is shorter.

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[edit] References

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

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(Yale yan4)


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(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Japanese.

/hi1to2/: *pitə > ɸito > çito

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(counter , hiragana ひと, romaji hito)

  1. person
  2. human
  3. someone else
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From Sinitic .

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(hiragana にん, romaji -nin)

  1. people
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The above reading is used when counting three people or more. When counting one or two people, namely 一人 (ひとり, hitori) (one person) or 二人 (ふたり, futari) (two people), the reading is  (-ri).

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From Sinitic .

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(hiragana じん, romaji -jin)

  1. person from that group; -ian
  2. person who does that thing

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Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: in, McCune-Reischauer: in, Yale: in)
  • Name (hangeul): 사람 (revised: saram, McCune-Reischauer: saram, Yale: salam)

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[edit] Noun

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin rén)

  1. man, person, people
    • John 1.4
      生命在他里头。这生命就是的光。
      shēngmìng zaì tā lǐtou. Zhè shēngmìng jiùshì rén de guāng.
      In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

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(pinyin rén (ren2), Wade-Giles jen2)

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(*njin)


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(traditional and simplified, POJ lâng)

  1. person; people

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(traditional and simplified, POJ jîn or lîn)

  1. person; people

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  • When by itself, is always read as lâng. For compound words, Min Nan resembles Japanese, in that there does not seem to be a consistent rule for when to use the vernacular vs. literary pronunciation. Certain compounds will always use the vernacular (ex. siàu-liân-lâng young person), whereas others will always use the literary pronunciation (ex. Hàn-jîn (trad. 漢人, simpl. 汉人) ethnic Han Chinese).

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(nhân, nhơn)


[edit] Wu

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  • (vernacular, Quzhou) IPA: [ ɲiɲ ] nin
  • (vernacular, Shanghai) IPA: [ ɲɪɲ ] nhin/gnin
  • (literary, Quzhou) IPA: [ ʒən ] zhen
  • (literary, Shanghai) IPA: [ zən ] zen

[edit] Noun

  1. person; people

[edit] Usage notes

  • When by itself, is always read as [ɲɪɲ]. For compound words, Wu resembles Japanese, in that there does not seem to be a consistent rule for when to use the vernacular vs. literary pronunciation.

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