人

じん

person from (nationality)

Mnemonic

He shakes your hand before you've asked anything: "Jin. Nihon-jin." Name and country welded together. A country plus じん is a person from there.

Worth knowing

Stuck on the end of a country to make somebody from there. 日本 plus 人 gives 日本人, a Japanese person.

Built from

人

person

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

Words sharing these kanji

人 person 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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