人 — JLPT N5 Kanji

人 (jin/nin/hito): person. JLPT N5 kanji.

Character Info

Kanji Strokes JLPT Radical Radical Meaning
人 2 N5 人 person

Readings

Type Reading Romaji Notes
On (音) ジン/ニン jin/nin Chinese-origin (音読み)
Kun (訓) ひと hito person; people

Meanings

  1. person
  2. people
  3. human being

Vocabulary

Word Reading Romaji English JLPT
人 ひと hito person N5
日本人 にほんじん nihonjin Japanese person N5
三人 さんにん sannin three people N5
外国人 がいこくじん gaikokujin foreigner N5
大人 おとな otona adult N5

Stroke Order

  1. Left-leaning diagonal stroke. 2. Right-leaning stroke crossing the first.

Mnemonic

Two legs walking — a person in profile, walking forward.

Common Mistakes

人 (person) vs 入 (enter) — 入 has the second stroke starting higher and going further right; 人 is more balanced.