Radical 9

人
人
人 (U+4EBA) "man"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	rén
Bopomofo:	ㄖㄣˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	ren
Wade–Giles:	jên2
Cantonese Yale:	yàhn
Jyutping:	jan4
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	jîn
Japanese Kana:	ジン jin / ニン nin (on'yomi); ひと hito (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	인 in
Names
Chinese name(s):	(亻) 單人旁/单人旁 dānrénpáng, 單立人/单立人 dānlìrén
Japanese name(s):	(𠆢) 人屋根/ひとやね hitoyane, 人頭/ひとがしら hitogashira, 人冠/ひとかんむり hitokanmuri; (亻) 人偏/にんべん ninben
Hangul:	사람 saram
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Radical 9 or radical man (人部) meaning "person" is a Kangxi radical. Of the 214 radicals, Radical 9 is one of 23 which are composed of 2 strokes.

When appearing at the left side of a Chinese character, it usually transforms into 亻.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 794 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

人 is also the 12th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Two associated indexing components, 亻 and 入 (formerly Radical 11), are affiliated to the principle indexing component 人.

Evolution

Shang bronze script character
Shang oracle bone script character
Western Zhou bronze script character
Warring States bronze script character
Chu slip script character of Warring States
Qin slip script character of Warring States
Shuowen script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	人亻^{component only}
+1	亼亽亾 (=亡 -> 亠) 亿^SC (=億)
+2	什仁仂仃仄仅^SC (=僅) 仆仇仈仉今介仌仍从^SC/variant (=從) 仏^JP (=佛) 仐仑^SC (=侖 / 崙 -> 山) 仒仓^SC (=倉)
+3	仔仕他仗付仙仚仛仜仝仞仟仠仡仢代令^SC/令^TC/令^JP 以仦仧 (=長 -> 長) 仨仩仪^SC (=儀) 仫们^SC (=們) 仭 (=仞)
+4	仮仯仰仱仲仳仴仵件价 (also SC form of 價) 仸仹仺任仼份仾仿伀企伂伃伄伅伆伇伈伉伊伋伌伍伎伏伐休伒伓伔伕伖众^SC (=眾 -> 目) 优^SC (=優) 伙会^SC/JP (=會 -> 曰) 伛^SC (=傴) 伜^{JP nonstandard} (=倅) 伝^JP (=傳) 伞^SC (=傘) 伟^SC (=偉) 传^SC (=傳) 伡^SC (=俥) 伢伣^SC (=俔) 伤^SC (=傷) 伥^SC (=倀) 伦^SC (=倫) 伧^SC (=傖) 伨伩 (=信) 伪^SC (=偽/僞) 伫^SC (=佇) 伬
+5	伭伮伯估伱 (=你) 伲伳伴伵伶伷伸伹伺伻似伽伾伿佀 (=似) 佁佂佃佄佅但佇佈佉佊佋佌位低住佐佑佒体 (also SC/JP/variant form of 體 ->骨) 佔何佖佗佘余 (also SC/JP form of 餘 ->食) 佚佛作佝佞佟你佡佢佣佤佥^SC (=僉) 佦佧佨来^SC/JP (=來)
+6	佩佪佫佬佭佮佯佰佱佲佳佴併佶佷佸佹佺佻佼佽佾使侀侁侂侃侄侅來侇侈侉侊例侌侍侎侏侐侑侒侓侔侕侖侗侘侙侚供侜依侞侟侠^SC/JP (=俠) 価^JP (=價) 侢侣^SC (=侶) 侤侥^SC (=僥) 侦^SC (=偵) 侧^SC (=側) 侨^SC (=僑) 侩^SC (=儈) 侪^SC (=儕) 侫侬^SC (=儂) 侭^JP (=儘)
+7	侮侯侰侱侲侳侴侵侶侷侸侹侺侻^SC/侻^TC/JP 侼侽侾便俀俁係促俄俅俆俇俈俉俊俋俌俍俎俏俐俑俒俓俔俕俖俗俘俙俚俛俜保俞 (=兪^Kangxi -> 入) 俟俠信俢俣俤俥俦^SC (=儔) 俧俨^SC (=儼) 俩^SC (=倆) 俪^SC (=儷) 俫^SC (=倈) 俬俭^SC (=儉)
+8	修俯俰俱俲 (=傚) 俳俴俵俶俷俸俹俺俻 (=備) 俼俽俾俿倀倁倂 (=併) 倃倄倅倆倇倈倉倊個倌倍倎倏們倒倓倔倕倖倗倘候倚倛倜倝倞借倠倡倢倣値^{JP/KO variant} 倥倦倧倨倩倪倫倬倭倮倯倰倱倲倳倴倵倶^JP (=俱) 倷倸倹^JP (=儉) 债^SC (=債) 倽倾^SC (=傾) 倿
+9	倻值^{SC/TC variant} 偀偁偂偃偄偅偆假偈偉偊偋偌偍偎偏偐偑偒偓偔偕偖偗偘偙做偛停偝偞偟偠偡偢偣偤健偦偧偨偩偪偫偬偭偮偯偰偱偲偳側偵偶偷偸 (=偷) 偹偺偻^SC (=僂) 偼 (=倢) 偽偾^SC (=僨) 偿^SC (=償) 傞^{SC variant}
+10	傀傁傂傃傄傅傆傇傈傉傊傋傌傍傎傏傐傑傒傓傔傕傖傗傘備傚傛傜^SC/傜^TC 傝傞^{TC variant} 傟傠傡 (=並 -> 一) 傢傣傤^SC (=儎) 傥^SC (=儻) 傦傧^SC (=儐) 储^SC (=儲) 傩^SC (=儺)
+11	傪傫催傭傮傯傰傱傲傳傴債傶傷傸傹傺傻傼傽傾傿僀僁僂僃僄僅僆僇僈僉僊僋僌働僙^{SC variant}
+12	僎像僐僑僒僓僔僕僖僗僘僙^{TC variant} 僚僛僜僝僞^Kangxi (=偽) 僟僠僡僢僣僤僥僦僧僨僩僪僫僬僭僮僯僰僱僲僳僴
+13	僵僶僷僸價僺僻僼僽僾僿儀儁儂儃億儅儆儇儈儉儊儋儌儍儎儏儰
+14	儐儑儒儓儔儕儖儗儘儙儚儛儜儝儞 (=你) 儫儣^{GB TC variant}
+15	償儠儡儢儣^{TC variant} 儤儥儦儧儨儩優儬
+16	儭儮儯儱儲
+17	儳儴儵
+18	儶
+19	儷儸儹儺
+20	儻儼
+21	儽
+22	儾

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram 人 is a Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.^[1] It is a first grade kanji.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy: from pictograph to ideogram: the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
Leyi Li: "Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases". Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2

External links

Unihan Database - U+4EBA

[:0-1] "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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