人 — Stroke order

JLPT N5 kanji · 2 strokes · #5 by frequency

Person

Meaning
Person
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ジンニン
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ひと-り-と

Stroke order

2 strokes. The stroke to draw is in red; the previous ones are already in place.

  1. Stroke 1/2
  2. Stroke 2/2

Memory hook

Two strokes leaning on each other — one person () barely keeping their balance.

Kanzen's hook for this kanji. In the app, you can adopt another learner's or write your own.

Common vocabulary

WordReadingMeaning
一人ひとりone person
外国人がいこくじんforeigner, foreign citizen, foreign national
にんcounter for people
大人おおびとgiant
二人ふたりtwo persons, two people, pair
人形にんぎょうdoll, puppet, marionette

Sources: meanings and readings based on KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG strokes © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0) · reading selection, French translations and memory hooks: Kanzen.