同人 (tóng rén) — (noun) fan fiction, doujinshi (fan-created derivative works)

Definition

In modern Chinese, 同人 (tóngrén) refers to fan-created derivative works (doujinshi) — stories, comics, or art based on existing anime, games, or novels. The older meaning is a name for one of the 64 hexagrams (I Ching).

noun
fan fictiondoujinshi (fan-created derivative works)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 同人。
    Tā xǐ huan kàn dòng màn tóng rén.
    He likes to read anime fan fiction.
  • 同人。
    Wǒ zài wǎng shàng mǎi le hěn duō tóng rén běn.
    I bought a lot of doujinshi books online.
  • 同人。
    tóng rén Chuàng zuò shì yì zhǒng biǎo dá fāng shì.
    Fan fiction creation is a form of expression.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

同 originally drew a pipe. It is the old form of 筒.

Open 同 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →

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