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Mythic Mandarin

古人 (gǔ rén): meaning and stroke order

古人 (gǔ rén) means people of ancient times, the ancients.

古人

Simplified
古人
Traditional
古人 (same form)
Pinyin
gǔ rén

Stroke order of 古人

古

  • Gǔ surname Gu
  • gǔ ancient; old
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

人

  • rén person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
  • 2 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 古人

  1. gǔ rén
    • people of ancient times
    • the ancients
    • extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis
    • (literary) deceased person

Radicals of the characters

古
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 5 strokes · 十 on top, 口 below
人
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 2 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

古人 in our stories

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  • 古人用这个故事解释他们看到的世界，也用它提醒后人：一时的愤怒，可能要让所有的人付出代价。

    gǔrén yòng zhè gè gùshi jiěshì tāmen kàndào de shìjiè yě yòng tā tíxǐng hòurén yìshí de fènnù kěnéng yào ràng suǒyǒu de rén fùchū dàijià

    People of old used this story to explain the world they saw, and to warn later generations that one moment's anger can make everyone pay the price.

    From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 古人以夸父为反面的例子，今天的人却更愿意把他看作一位敢于挑战命运的英雄。

    gǔrén yǐ Kuāfù wèi fǎnmiàn de lìzi jīntiān de rén què gèng yuànyì bǎ tā kànzuò yí wèi gǎnyú tiǎozhàn mìngyùn de yīngxióng

    People of old took Kuafu as a negative example; people today prefer to see him as a hero who dared to challenge fate.

    From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 古人

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).