人 — 2 strokes ／ Radical「人」

Stroke-order animation, origin, compounds and an example in 60 seconds.

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

• 人ひとWrite

  person

• 日本人にほんじんWrite

  Japanese person

• 三人寄れば文殊の知恵

  さんにんよればもんじゅのちえ

  Three heads are better than one.

• 情けは人の為ならず

  なさけはひとのためならず

  Kindness returns to the one who gives it.

• 十人十色

  じゅうにんといろ

  jūnintoiro

  Ten people, ten colours — to each their own.

• 傍若無人

  ぼうじゃくぶじん

  bōjakubujin

  Behaving as if no one else were there.