人类
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
人类 (rénlèi) · humanity
人类 (rénlèi) means “humanity; human race; mankind”. It is written with 2 characters: 人 (person) + 类 (kind). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 人类 is built
The characters
人 rén · person
What 人 is made of
人 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 2 strokes.
Origin hint: The legs of a human being (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
类 lèi · kind
What 类 is made of
- 米mǐ — uncooked rice
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Example sentences
水对人类很重要。Shuǐ duì rénlèi hěn zhòngyào.Water is very important to humanity.
人类有多少年的历史？Rénlèi yǒu duōshao nián de lìshǐ?How many years of history does humankind have?
Questions about 人类
What does 人类 mean?
人类 (rénlèi) means “humanity; human race; mankind”.
How do you pronounce 人类?
人类 is pronounced rénlèi.
Which HSK level is 人类?
人类 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 别人biérenother people
- 病人bìngrénpatient
- 工人gōngrénworker
- 家人jiārénfamily members
- 老人lǎorénold person
- 男人nánrénman
- 女人nǚrenwoman
- 爱人àirenhusband or wife
- 大人dàrenadult
- 好人hǎoréngood person
Learn 人类 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 1: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.