人気

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
人	気
にん Grade: 1	き Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
人氣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にんき [nìńkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩŋʲkʲi]

Noun

人(にん)気(き) • (ninki)

popularity

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人	気
ひと Grade: 1	け Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
人氣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひとけ [hìtóké] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çi̥to̞ke̞]

Noun

人(ひと)気(け) • (hitoke)

(chiefly in the negative) presence of people
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 37, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
  私(わたくし)が疲(つか)れて宅(うち)へ帰(かえ)った時(とき)、彼(かれ)の室(へや)は依然(いぜん)として人気(ひとけ)のないように静(しず)かでした。
  Watakushi ga tsukarete uchi e kaetta toki, kare no heya wa izen to shite hitoke no nai yō ni shizuka deshita.
  When I returned home, tired, his room was still as quiet as if no one were inside.

Derived terms

人気(ひとけ)がない (hitoke ga nai), 人気(ひとけ)のない (hitoke no nai)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“人気”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN