人

ひと

person

Mnemonic

On a packed train a heel comes down on your toe and you surface ready to fight. It's just a bloke, wincing back at you. Heel, toe. ひと.

Worth knowing

Same kanji as 人じん, which only ever hangs off the end of a country name. ひと is the standalone word for a person. 方かた is the polite word for a person and 者もの the plainer one.

Built from

人

person

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

Words sharing these kanji

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 人形 doll

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