HSK 2 · Quantities

人口

rén kǒu

population

Stroke order of 人口

2 characters, 5 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

人 · 2 strokes 口 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

人 is a walking person and 口 is a mouth: mouths to feed in a place.

Parts: 人 person + 口 mouth

The characters in 人口

人 rén — person; people (2 strokes)
口 kǒu — mouth; measure word for family members (3 strokes)

Example sentence

这个城市的人口很多。

This city has a large population.

Words with 人

人person; people 别人other people 家人family members 男人man 女人woman 老人old person 工人worker 病人patient 爱人spouse; husband or wife 大人adult; grown-up 主人host; owner 客人guest; visitor 好人good person 坏人bad person 人们people 有人someone; somebody 商人businessman; merchant 行人pedestrian

Words with 口

门口doorway; entrance 路口intersection 口mouth; measure word for family members 入口entrance 出口exit; to export

More words: Quantities

数to count 数字number; digit 一共altogether 部分part 大部分most; the greater part 一部分a part 多数majority 大多数the vast majority 少数minority 人数number of people 大量a large amount 许多many; a lot of 好多many; a lot 不少quite a lot

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