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人类

rénlèi

humanity; humankind

HSK 3 · Topic “Culture and history”
People standing around a globe
Memory picture

Characters in this word

人 rén

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

类 lèi

Strokes
9
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
米 rice, millet, grain 大 big, great, vast, high, deep

Example phrases

  • 人类需要水。 Rénlèi xūyào shuǐ. Humanity needs water.
  • 人类爱和平。 Rénlèi ài hépíng. Humankind loves peace.
  • 这是人类历史。 Zhè shì rénlèi lìshǐ. This is human history.

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