人类

Character by character

• 人rén2 strokesHSK 1man; people; mankind; someone else
• 类lèi9 strokesHSK 3 traditional 類class, group, kind, category

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我是人类。

  Wǒ shì rén lèi

  I am human.

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• 笑是人类特有的吗？

  Xiào shì rén lèi tè yǒu de ma

  Is laughter a quality of man only?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 人类. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 人rénHSK 1

  person; people

• 女人nǚ rénHSK 1

  woman

• 别人bié renHSK 1

  other people; others; other person

• 男人nán rénHSK 1

  a man; a male; men

• 有人yǒu rénHSK 2

  someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)

• 人们rén menHSK 2

  people

• 个人gè rénHSK 3

  individual; personal; oneself

• 人员rén yuánHSK 3

  staff; crew; personnel

• 人生rén shēngHSK 3

  life (one's time on earth)

• 人民rén mínHSK 3

  the people

• 类lèiHSK 3

  kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble

• 病人bìng rénHSK 1

  sick person; patient; invalid

• 之类zhī lèiHSK 6

  and so on; and such

• 人物rén wùHSK 5

  person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting)

• 家人jiā rénHSK 1

  family member; (old) servant

• 敌人dí rénHSK 4

  enemy

• 人家rén jiāHSK 4

  household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be

• 人士rén shìHSK 5

  person; figure; public figure

• 夫人fū renHSK 4

  lady; madam; Mrs.

• 类似lèi sìHSK 3

  similar; analogous

• 大人dà renHSK 2

  adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors

• 老人lǎo rénHSK 1

  old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents

• 主人zhǔ rénHSK 2

  master; host; owner

• 工人gōng rénHSK 1

  worker