人形

にんぎょう

doll

Mnemonic

The shape of a person with nobody at all inside it, and she has a shelf of them. A ninja にん with no ninja in him: にんぎょう.

Built from

人

person

A pictograph, a figure walking, seen from the side.

形

shape, form

彡 three brush strokes down the right, the marks you draw round a thing to show its outline.

Words sharing these kanji

人 person 人 person from (nationality)人間 human being, people 人生 (human) life 本人 the person in question 人物 character, person 他人 another person, stranger 大人 adult 人々 people 友人 friend 犯人 criminal, culprit 恋人 lover, sweetheart

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