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人 means 'person'

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Strokes : 2    Radical number: 9    Frequency: 1   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-1    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 1    Beginner lesson: 1   Begins 753 words   Used in 2357 words   Used in 2040 names   Component in 3176 kanji (409 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
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   ジン   ニン
Kun
   ひと person
Additional readings
Kun    -り   -と
Name    じ   と   ね   ひこ   ふみ
Variants
亻   ⼈ (Chinese)   𠆢   𠂉  
Notes
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 人 is used 122 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation). 5 words use a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 人 is used 2218 times, read 5 ways (with 3 variations). 8 words use a non-standard reading.
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ジン : 1204 words FIND ALL
が い こ く じ ん 4
noun
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese  (see also: 内国人)
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ニン : 592 words FIND ALL
は ん に ん 1
noun
offender; criminal
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ひと : 281 words FIND ALL
ひ と 0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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ひと (read as びと) : 64 words FIND ALL
こ い び と 0
noun
lover; sweetheart
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-り (read as り) : 61 words FIND ALL
ひ と り ぐ ら し 4
noun
a single life; a solitary life; living alone
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-と (read as と) : 6 words FIND ALL
す け っ と 0
noun
helper; supporter; second; backer  (colloquialism)
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-と (read as ど) : 1 word FIND ALL
く ろ う ど 2
Most common form: 藏人
noun
1. keeper of imperial archives
2. worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
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ひと (read as ぴと) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
everyone; all; nobody (with negative verb)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 8 words. FIND ALL
お と な 0
adult
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An additional one less common word includes 人 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 39 (originally: 39)  Joy o' Kanji : 39  Key to Kanji: 577 

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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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