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华人

huárén

ethnic Chinese person

A person in traditional clothing
Memory picture

Characters in this word

华 huá

Strokes
6
Radical
十 — ten, tenth
Made of
化 to change, to convert, to reform 十 ten, tenth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 华

人 rén

Strokes
2
Radical
人 — man, person
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 她是华人。 Tā shì huárén. She is ethnic Chinese.
  • 华人很多。 Huárén hěn duō. There are many ethnic Chinese people.
  • 我认识华人。 Wǒ rènshi huárén. I know some ethnic Chinese people.

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