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Meaning of 人
Pinyin
rén
Radical
人
Strokes
2
Definition
man / person / people
Usage
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人 [rén]
(名)
1. A higher animal that evolved from anthropoids, capable of making and using tools for labor, and able to communicate using language.
(English: human being; person; man; woman)
2. Others; other people.
(English: other people)
3. The quality, temperament, and reputation of a person.
(English: character; reputation)
4. Refers to manpower, the people who get things done.
(English: manpower)
5. Refers to others, other people.
(English: other people)
6. Common people.
(English: common people)
7. Intelligent beings.
(English: man)
8. Refers to adults.
(English: adult; grown-up)
9. Refers to all social phenomena a person encounters in life.
(English: life's affairs)
10. The secular world; this world.
(English: this world)
11. A person's body.
(English: body)
12. Refers to human feelings and reasoning.
(English: human sentiment)
13. Sexual intercourse.
(English: sexual intercourse)
14. Companions.
(English: company)
15. A nut kernel; later used as "仁".
(English: kernel)
16. Used interchangeably with "仁". Charity or benevolence.
(English: charity)
(代)
1. Every person; each individual within a certain group.
(English: everybody)
(形)
1. Man-made; artificial.
(English: artificial)
having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
people's organization (e.g. labor unions, peasant associations, scholarly associations etc) / mass organization
one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character
lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom) / fig. to get upset over nothing / to make problems for oneself
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Input Method for 人
Pinyin
ren2
Wubi
wwww
Cangjie
o
Zhengma
od
Four Corner
80000
Unicode
U+4eba
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category