人気

にんき

popularity

Mnemonic

The feeling people have about a thing, which is not a property of the thing at all. That band has it, and so does the ninja にん: にんき.

Worth knowing

Read ひとけ the same characters mean signs of anybody being about, as in 人気がない, deserted.

Built from

人

person

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

気

spirit, energy

Steam rising off something. The old form had rice giving off vapour.

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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