～人
～じん · ～jin · JLPT N5 · noun
people
🧍 人 = person; jin sounds like jeans, one pair per person
人 is the character for person. Read jin after a place or group, it labels people by kind: Nihon-jin = Japan person. When counting heads the same character is usually read nin: san-nin = three people.
人 — pictograph of a standing person
人 is a pictograph showing a person viewed from the side, with two strokes representing the legs and torso of a standing human. In oracle bone script it clearly depicted a figure leaning slightly forward. The meaning has remained 'person' or 'human' throughout its history.
～にん · ～nin · JLPT N5 · noun
people
三人 = san-nin: number + nin counts people, like nine ninjas = nine nin
人 is the kanji for person; as a counter it reads nin after a number: 三人 san-nin, 四人 yo-nin, 五人 go-nin. The first syllable of ninja and ningen (human) is a handy sound hook. Exceptions: 一人 hitori and 二人 futari.
人 — pictograph of a standing person
人 is a pictograph showing a person viewed from the side, with two strokes representing the legs and torso of a standing human. In oracle bone script it clearly depicted a figure leaning slightly forward. The meaning has remained 'person' or 'human' throughout its history.