人
JLPT N5 • 2 strokes
person
Kun readings 🇯🇵
ひと-り-と
On readings 🇨🇳
じんにん

Example of kunyomi readings 🇯🇵
ひと
This is the standard reading for 人. It is contained in all words that refer to person
or people
.
-り
This reading is used as suffix for counting people: one person
, two persons
, etc.
Example of onyomi readings 🇨🇳
にん
This is the most common reading for compound words using 人. It is used to refer to professions (merchant
, employee
, chef
) and when the kanji has the meaning of human
.
じん
This reading is used for nationalities among other things (italian
, japanese person
, etc.).