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人間

にんげん

human being, people

Mnemonic

Not the body at all, but the gap between people and whatever goes on in it. A ninja にんげん is a human being too, technically, and it is a mess in there: にんげん.

Worth knowing

人 reads にん here. The word means humankind as a species, or a person's character, never a headcount.

Built from

person
A pictograph, a figure walking, seen from the side.
interval, gap
門 gate + 日 sun

Words sharing these kanji

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

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