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人rénperson; people
人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.
工gōngwork
一one · yī
丄above · shàng
Memory aidDrawn from a builder’s tool: work.
How to write 人工
人 2 strokes · 工 3 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 人工 (réngōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
人工 (réngōng) means “man-made” or “artificial”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it réngōng: rén with a 2nd tone, then gōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 人工 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rengong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 人工 from the suggestions. Typing rengong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
人工 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
人rén2nd tone, rising
工gōng1st tone, high and level
