人.
hito · -jin · jin · -nin · nin · -ri
a person, human
Meaning & usage
a person, human
a person, human ヒト: (sciences, specifically) Homo sapiens; human
an individual
mankind, people
character, personality
an average person
legal person
an adult
someone (else)
人の物を盗む
Where this word comes from
⟨pi₁to₂⟩ → */pʲitə/ → /fito/ → /hito/ → /çito/ From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pitə. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.
a personality
the role of that person
Where this word comes from
From Early Middle Chinese 人 (MC nyin). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. Compare Shanghainese nyin.
second-person personal pronoun: you
Where this word comes from
⟨pi₁to₂⟩ → */pʲitə/ → /fito/ → /hito/ → /çito/ From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pitə. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.
man
short for 人造 (jinzō): artificial, synthetic
Where this word comes from
From Late Middle Chinese 人 (MC nyin). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Compare Mandarin 人 (rén).
person from that group
日本人、イギリス人、スペイン人、ドイツ人、米国人、スコットランド人
person who does the activity of the suffixed word
Where this word comes from
From Late Middle Chinese 人 (MC nyin). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Compare Mandarin 人 (rén).
counter for number of people
Where this word comes from
From Old Japanese. The protoform may have been -tari, see 三人 (mitari, literally “three people”).
counter for number of people
Where this word comes from
From Early Middle Chinese 人 (MC nyin). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. Compare Shanghainese nyin.
man
Where this word comes from
From Early Middle Chinese 人 (MC nyin). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. Compare Shanghainese nyin.
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