Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/人-rén

人 (rén)

Today, we will learn the Chinese character 人 (rén) which means "man". This character is easy to remember because it looks like a person standing.

As a radical

As a radical, it looks like this, on the left of the character : 亻

• 你 (nǐ): you
• 他 (tā): he
• 们 (men): suffix indicating plural for pronouns, some animated nouns and personifications
• 体 (tǐ): body
• 休 (xiū): to rest

Exception (located on the right)

• 从 (cóng): from

Words

• 人人 (rén rén): everyone
• 人才 (rén cái): a talented person
• 人口 (rén kǒu): the population
• 人民币 (rén mín bì): the Chinese currency / Renminbi
• 爱人 (aìrén) : spouse

Sentences

• 人人有责 (rén rén yǒu zé): it is everyone's duty
• 人人皆知 (rén rén jiē zhī): known to everyone