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人“person” Kanjihito / jin

How to write 人

Meaning and readings

Meaning

person

Onyomi (音読み)

  • じん jin
  • にん nin

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

  • ひと hito

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 人

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

  1. カナダ人じんに生うまれたかった。

    I wish I'd been born a Canadian.

    人 (じん)

  2. 水みずがなければ、人間にんげんは生いきられない。

    Without water, people couldn't live.

    人間 (にんげん)

  3. 友人ゆうじんたちと話はなす時間じかんがたくさんあった。

    I had plenty of time to talk to many friends.

    友人 (ゆうじん)

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