人 · rén · person
Learn the Chinese character 人 with its source-linked HSK 1 status, pronunciation, one concise learning meaning, stroke order, real HSK words, and published learning contexts.
Writing guide
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HSK vocabulary
Words with 人
Source-linked HSK vocabulary records that contain 人.
Linked HSK vocabulary
- 家人jiārénfamily member
- 人rénperson
- 爱人àirenspouse (PRC)
- 别人biérénother people
- 病人bìngrénsick person
- 大人dàrenadult
- 客人kèrénvisitor
- 老人lǎorénold man or woman
- 名人míngrénpersonage
- 男人nánréna man
- 女人nǚrénwoman
- 负责人fùzérénperson in charge
- 感人gǎnréntouching
- 工人gōngrénworker
- 人生rénshēnglife (one's time on earth)
- 人数rénshùnumber of people
- 人员rényuánstaff
- 本人běnrénme
- 成人chéngrénto reach adulthood
- 敌人dírénenemy
- 动人dòngréntouching
- 个人gèrénindividual
- 机器人jīqìrénrobot
- 路人lùrénpasser-by
- 亲人qīnrénone's close relatives
- 人才réncáitalent
- 人工réngōngartificial
- 人际rénjìhuman relationships
- 人口rénkǒupopulation
- 人类rénlèihumanity
- 人力rénlìmanpower
- 人民rénmínthe people
- 人民币rénmínbìRenminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)
- 人群rénqúncrowd
- 人体réntǐhuman body
- 人物rénwùperson
- 商人shāngrénmerchant
- 诗人shīrénbard
- 熟人shúrénacquaintance
- 私人sīrénprivate
- 他人tārénanother person
- 新人xīnrénnewcomer
- 行人xíngrénpedestrian
- 主人zhǔrénmaster
- 夫人fūrénlady
- 古人gǔrénpeople of ancient times
- 后人hòurénlater generation
- 惊人jīngrénastonishing
- 军人jūnrénserviceman
- 盲人mángrénblind person
- 迷人mírénfascinating
- 人工智能réngōng zhìnéngartificial intelligence (AI)
- 人家rénjiahousehold
- 人均rénjūnper capita
- 人山人海rénshān-rénhǎi(idiom) multitude
- 人士rénshìperson
- 人事rénshìpersonnel
- 人为rénwéiartificial
- 人行道rénxíngdàosidewalk
- 未成年人wèichéngniánrénminor (i.e. person under 18)
- 艺人yìrénentertainer
- 用人yòngrénservant
- 游人yóuréna tourist
- 众人zhòngréneveryone
- 常人chángrénordinary person
- 仇人chóurénfoe
- 出人意料chūrényìliàounexpected (idiom)
- 传人chuánrénto teach
- 创始人chuàngshǐréncreator
- 代理人dàilǐrénagent
- 当事人dāngshìrénpersons involved or implicated
- 丢人diūrénto lose face
- 恩人ēnréna benefactor
- 发言人fāyánrénspokesperson
- 法人fǎrénlegal person
- 风土人情fēngtǔ-rénqínglocal conditions and customs (idiom)
- 骇人听闻hàiréntīngwénshocking
- 候选人hòuxuǎnréncandidate
- 华人huárénethnic Chinese person or people
- 接班人jiēbānrénsuccessor
- 巨人jùréngiant
- 扣人心弦kòurénxīnxiánto excite
- 老人家lǎorenjiapolite term for old woman or man
- 猎人lièrénhunter
- 目中无人mùzhōng-wúrénto consider everyone else beneath one (idiom)
- 纳税人nàshuìréntaxpayer
- 耐人寻味nàirénxúnwèi(idiom) thought-provoking
- 能人néngréncapable person
- 旁人pángrénother people
- 前无古人qiánwúgǔrén(idiom) unprecedented
- 情人qíngrénlover
- 人次réncìperson-times
- 人道réndàohuman sympathy
- 人格réngépersonality
- 人间rénjiānthe human world
- 人品rénpǐncharacter
- 人气rénqìpopularity
- 人情rénqínghuman emotions
- 人权rénquánhuman rights
- 人身rénshēnperson
- 人手rénshǒumanpower
- 人文rénwénhumanities
- 人性rénxìnghuman nature
- 人选rénxuǎnchoice of person
- 人缘儿rényuánrHSK 7-9 syllabus word
- 人造rénzàoman-made
- 人质rénzhìhostage
- 僧人sēngrénmonk
- 深入人心shēnrù-rénxīnto enter deeply into people's hearts
- 盛气凌人shèngqì-língrénoverbearing
- 世人shìrénpeople (in general)
- 受害人shòuhàirénvictim
- 损人利己sǔnrén-lìjǐharming others for one's personal benefit (idiom)
- 外星人wàixīngrénspace alien
- 为人wéirénto conduct oneself
- 文人wénréncultivated individual
- 吓人xiàrénto scare
- 鲜为人知xiǎnwéirénzhīrarely known to anyone (idiom)
- 小人xiǎorénperson of low social status (old)
- 宜人yírénnice
- 因人而异yīnrén’éryìvarying from person to person (idiom)
- 引人入胜yǐnrén-rùshèngto enchant
- 引人注目yǐnrén-zhùmùto attract attention
- 友人yǒurénfriend
- 诱人yòurénattractive
- 证人zhèngrénwitness
- 主人公zhǔréngōnghero (of a novel or film)
- 专人zhuānrénspecialist
Real usage
Example sentences with 人
Published HSK 1 course contexts only. Each sentence links back to the lesson that owns it.
No accepted HSK 1 course context containing 人 is indexed yet. This page does not generate example sentences.
Character questions
About 人
Short answers based on the sources identified on this page.
What does 人 mean in Chinese?
人 is listed here with the concise learning meaning: person.
How do you pronounce 人?
人 is shown as rén.
Is 人 an HSK 1 character?
Yes. 人 is HSK 1 recognition character #144.
Can I practise writing 人?
Yes. Use Watch, Trace, or Write above.
Learning details
- HSK 1 recognition
- HSK 1–2 writing inventory
- 128 linked HSK words
- Audio available
Content transparency
Sources and editorial policy
- HSK placement: HSK 1 recognition character #144.
- Writing scope: HSK 1–2 writing inventory.
- Meaning and pronunciation: CC-CEDICT and linked HSK vocabulary data, shown as supplemental learning metadata.
- Vocabulary: source-linked HSK vocabulary records, each linked to its published HSK vocabulary page.
- Example sentences: published course contexts only; this page does not generate new example sentences.
- Stroke-order practice: HanziWriter character data. This is a source-linked learning reference, not an official HSK publication.