Day 3: 人

Welcome back to One Kanji Per Day!

Today’s kanji is one of the most important in Japanese:

人

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🔤 Meaning of 人

人 means:

• Person
• People

This kanji looks like a person standing or walking, which makes it easy to remember.

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👀 Where You See 人 in Daily Life

You see 人 everywhere in Japan.

Examples:

• 日本人 → Japanese person
• 外国人 → foreigner
• 大人 → adult
• 人口 → population

Once you learn 人, many signs and words become clearer.

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🧠 How Japanese People Use 人 (Real Usage)

Let’s focus on useful, real-life words.

Useful words with 人

• 日本人（にほんじん）
  → Japanese person
• 外国人（がいこくじん）
  → foreigner
• 一人（ひとり）
  → one person
• 二人（ふたり）
  → two people

These words are used daily in conversation, shops, and public places.

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🗣️ Natural Example Sentence

日本人の友だちがいます。
Nihonjin no tomodachi ga imasu.
I have a Japanese friend.

This sounds natural and is very common in real conversations.

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🔗 Connection with Previous Kanji

You can already combine what you’ve learned:

• 日本 + 人 → 日本人
• 毎日 + 人 → people you meet every day

Your kanji knowledge is growing step by step 👍

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✅ Today’s Goal

For Day 3, remember:

• 人 = person / people
• One word: 外国人
• One sentence you can use

That’s enough for today 😊

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👉 Tomorrow’s Kanji

Tomorrow, we’ll learn a very simple kanji that appears in many words:

一 (one)

See you tomorrow —
one kanji per day 👣