Usage category: core
Recognition: 99%
Book: pu
Coined era: pre-pu
human being, person, somebody
There are two sides to the concept, "sentient entity" and "homo sapiens", which matters for whether to use the word in edge cases (i.e. aliens, humans turned into werewolves, etc). Which sense is more central to the word remains controversial.
person⁵, human⁵, people⁵, anybody⁴, dude⁴, anyone³, character³, somebody³, guy³, being³, individual², civilian², whoever², citizen², participant², Hominidae², personal²
Source Language: Cantonese
Etymology: 人 jan ‘person’
Creator(s): jan Sonja
Etymology: head radical; pictogram of a person showing the shoulders
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