人
부수: 人
획수: 2획
人 has the meanings person, people, and humanity.
人 = 人
X = semantic
• 人 depicts the side view of a standing person (without a head or arms). This represents the original meaning of ‘person’, ‘people’ and ‘mankind’.
Evolution:
人 = person ➔ people ➔ mankind
Mnemonic
人 clearly resembles a person (without a head or arms). The two sides of this character spread out and inwards because someone without arms would easily lose balance.
Vocabulary
| 人物 | 인물 | person; character; physical appearances |
| 個人 | 개인 | individual |
| 成人 | 성인 | adult |
| 愛人 | 애인 | boyfriend/girlfriend |
| 新人 | 신인 | newcomer; rookie |
| 軍人 | 군인 | soldier |
| 主人 | 주인 | owner; master |
| 證人 | 증인 | a witness |
| 人形 | 인형 | a doll |
| 人蔘 | 인삼 | ginseng |
| 殺人者 | 살인자 | murderer |
| 主人公 | 주인공 | the main character |
| 障碍人 | 장애인 | a handicapped person |
| 演藝人 | 연예인 | a performer |
| 企業人 | 기업인 | a business person |
| 仙人掌 | 선인장 | cactus |
| 未亡人 | 미망인 | a widow |
| 人分 | 인분 | individual portions (counter) |
| 人口 | 인구 | population |
| 人氣 | 인기 | popularity |
| 人民 | 인민 | the public |
| 人員 | 인원 | personnel |
| 人工 | 인공 | man-made |
| 人力 | 인력 | manpower |
| 人情 | 인정 | sympathy; compassion |
| 人事 | 인사 | greetings |
| 人間 | 인간 | human |
| 人類 | 인류 | mankind |
| 人權 | 인권 | human rights |
Additional notes
人 is one of the most commonly used characters with a plethora of vocabulary.
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Daum 사전, [s.v. 人].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 9]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 人].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 41]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.