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人々

ひとびと

people

Mnemonic

One person and then the mark that says do that again, and now it is a whole village of them. Heel, toe ひと, heel, toe びと, and every one of them is kind: ひとびと.

Worth knowing

人間 にんげん is people as a species. 人々 is people as a crowd made of individuals.

Built from

person
A pictograph, a figure walking, seen from the side.
repeat mark
Not a kanji. Typesetters call it ノマ because that is what it looks like, katakana ノ sat on マ. It means repeat the character before it, so 色々 is 色色 and 人々 is 人人. Formally it is a 踊り字, a dancing mark.

Words sharing these kanji

person person from (nationality) human being, people (human) life the person in question character, person another person, stranger adult friend criminal, culprit lover, sweetheart doll

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