Definitions
(noun)
person; people
Etymology
Pictograph of the side view of a standing person.
About
The character 人 is a fundamental ideogram depicting a person standing with legs apart. It functions both as an independent noun for an individual or people in general, and as a highly productive radical, often in its compressed form (亻) on the left side of characters. As a radical, it categorizes words related to human actions, relationships, or attributes. In compound characters, its meaning can extend to refer to specific types of workers or group members, but its core structural representation of the human form remains foundational across all uses.
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他是一个好人。
很多人在这里。
中国人很友好。
这个人是我朋友。
人们需要努力工作。
人类应该保护环境。
那个穿红衣服的人是谁？
在这个世界上，每个人都有自己的梦想。