人
rén
person, people
No. 6 most used · 0.84% of everyday spoken Chinese: about 1 character in every 120.
How it's built
A single shape: nothing smaller to learn.
A way to remember it
A person walking, seen from the side: two legs.
Top 10 · accounts for 20% of everyday spoken Chinese · 0 of 10 known
Words
- 有人yǒu rénsomeone; people; anyone
- 女人nǚ rénwoman
- 男人nán réna man; a male; men
- 别人bié renother people; others; other person
- 人们rén menpeople
- 夫人fū renlady; madam; Mrs.
Sentences
- 他一个人去了国外。tā yí ge rén qù le guó wàiHe has gone abroad by himself.
- 他不是意大利人吗？tā bú shì yì dà lì rén maIsn't he Italian?
- 他们一定是美国人。tā men yí dìng shì měi guó rénThey must be Americans.
- 他当时一个人在家。tā dāng shí yí ge rén zài jiāHe was home alone at the time.
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How often characters are written: wordfreq by Robyn Speer, CC BY-SA 4.0, with data from Google Books Ngrams and SUBTLEX by Marc Brysbaert and others. Meanings: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sentences: Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. How often they're said: FrequencyWords and OPUS, from OpenSubtitles.