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Chinese
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home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
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man; person; people
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simp. and trad.
(家人)
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家
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人
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| anagram
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人家
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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家
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人
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jiā
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rén
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kæ ›
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‹ nyin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kˁra/
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/*ni/
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| English
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household
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(other) person
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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家
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人
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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5919
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10800
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Phonetic
component
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家
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人
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Rime
group
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魚
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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嘉
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仁
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Old
Chinese
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/*kraː/
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/*njin/
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Noun
家人
- one's family or family members
您家人身體都好嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
您家人身体都好吗？ [MSC, simp.]- Nín jiārén shēntǐ dōu hǎo ma?
- Is everyone in your family well?
- (Classical) ordinary people; commoner; plebeian; civilian; everyday person; person of humble birth
- (Classical) domestic servant
- 37th hexagram of the I Ching (䷤)
Synonyms
- 一般人 (yībānrén)
- 世人 (shìrén)
- 世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
- 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
- 人民 (rénmín)
- 人群 (rénqún)
- 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
- 俗人 (súrén)
- 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
- 𫣆人 (Hakka)
- 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
- 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
- 凡人 (fánrén)
- 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
- 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
- 四眾人／四众人 (Teochew)
- 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
- 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
- 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
- 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
- 常人 (chángrén)
- 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
- 平常人 (píngchángrén)
- 平民 (píngmín)
- 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
- 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
- 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
- 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
- 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
- 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
- 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
- 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
- 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
- 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
- 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
- 百姓
- 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
- 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
- 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
- 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
- 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
- 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
- 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
- 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
- 萌 (literary)
- 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
- 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
- 黎民 (límín) (literary)
- 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
- 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
- 使人 (literary)
- 傭人／佣人
- 僕人／仆人 (púrén)
- 僕役／仆役 (púyì)
- 僕隸／仆隶 (púlì) (literary)
- 太保 (tàibǎo) (literary, honorific)
- 奴僕／奴仆 (núpú)
- 奴役 (núyì) (literary)
- 底下人 (dǐxiarén)
- 臣僕／臣仆 (chénpú) (literary)
- 蒼頭／苍头 (cŏng-tàu) (Eastern Min, dated, derogatory)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Noun
家人 • (kenin)
- (dated) one's family, (especially) one's wife
- household; family and servants living within a house
- (dated) household servants; retainers living in or frequently entering a noble family's house
- (historical) a social rank just above 奴婢 (nuhi, “servant class”)
- (historical) alternative form of 御家人 (gokenin, “vassal”)
Etymology 2
Noun
家人 • (kajin)
- the family, one's family