Learn 人
person
Recognize 人, know its sound, and learn one way to use it.
When you’re ready, mark this character as completed at the end of the lesson.
Everything on the Pavement
1 min illustrated story · A little help remembering 人
Alex was nearly at the bus stop when the paper shopping bag split. Two oranges rolled across the pavement. His notebook landed beside his shoes.
He stood holding the handles for a moment, as if the bag might reconsider.
A stranger stopped an orange with her shoe, then crouched to collect the notebook.
“Anything else?” she asked.
“Mostly my dignity,” Alex said.
She handed him the orange without commenting. He was grateful for that, too.
Lin arrived as Alex moved everything into his canvas bag. The stranger waved and continued down the street.
“I should have asked her name,” he said.
“You can still thank someone without knowing their name,” Lin said.
At the bus stop, Lin wrote 人 in Alex’s notebook.
“Rén. Person.”
Alex looked down the street. “A very helpful person.”
Then he checked the bottom of his canvas bag before putting the notebook away.
One way to use 人.
人 means person or people. 别人 means other people or someone else; it does not specifically mean a stranger.
Can you recognize it?
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Make 人 part of your Hanzi.
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