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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Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.
カナダ人に生まれたかった。
I wish I'd been born a Canadian.
人 (じん)
水がなければ、人間は生きられない。
Without water, people couldn't live.
人間 (にんげん)
友人たちと話す時間がたくさんあった。
I had plenty of time to talk to many friends.
友人 (ゆうじん)

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