人物 rénwù▶ carácter

Stroke order

人物 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

• 人 — 2 strokes
• 物 — 8 strokes

Senses

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

Related words

• 个人personal
• 主人maestro
• 事物Cosa
• 人事Asuntos de personal
• 人口población
• 人员personal

人物 is pronounced rénwù and means “carácter”. HSK 5 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 人物 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.