Radical 9

人
← 8 Radical 9 (U+2F08) 10 →
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

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

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

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