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Kanji for Person
The kanji for “person” is 人, read jin and written in 2 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
person
A person; the character shows two lines supporting each other.
2 strokes On reading ジン、ニン (jin, nin) Kun reading ひと、り、と (hito, ri, to) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: person
Readings used for names on Nazuke: jin, to, hito
In Japan it appears in about 1,002 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 人: Irmgard 伊琉武佳留人 · Gilberto 路琉平瑠人 · Gottfried 五斗風麗生人 · Geraldine 路栄良瑠人
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