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Radical 9

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← 8 Radical 9 (U+2F08) 10 →
(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
Stroke order animation

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 .

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

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, and (formerly Radical 11), are affiliated to the principle indexing component .

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0 component only
+1 (= -> ) 亿SC (=億)
+2 SC (=僅) SC/variant (=) JP (=佛) SC (=侖 / -> ) SC (=倉)
+3 SC/TC/JP (= -> ) SC (=儀) SC (=們) (=仞)
+4 (also SC form of 價) 仿 SC (= -> ) SC (=優) SC/JP (= -> ) SC (=傴) JP nonstandard (=倅) JP (=傳) SC (=傘) SC (=偉) SC (=傳) SC (=俥) SC (=俔) SC (=傷) SC (=倀) SC (=倫) SC (=傖) (=信) SC (=偽/僞) SC (=佇)
+5 (=你) 伿 (=似) (also SC/JP/variant form of ->) (also SC/JP form of ->) SC (=僉) SC/JP (=來)
+6 使 SC/JP (=俠) JP (=價) SC (=侶) SC (=僥) SC (=偵) SC (=側) SC (=僑) SC (=儈) SC (=儕) SC (=儂) JP (=儘)
+7 SC/TC/JP 便 (=Kangxi -> ) SC (=儔) SC (=儼) SC (=倆) SC (=儷) SC (=倈) SC (=儉)
+8 (=傚) (=備) 俿 倀 (=併) JP/KO variant JP (=俱) JP (=儉) SC (=債) SC (=傾)
+9 SC/TC variant (=偷) SC (=僂) (=倢) SC (=僨) SC (=償) SC variant
+10 SC/TC TC variant (= -> ) SC (=儎) SC (=儻) SC (=儐) SC (=儲) SC (=儺)
+11 SC variant
+12 TC variant Kangxi (=偽)
+13
+14 (=你) GB TC variant
+15 TC variant
+16
+17
+18
+19
+20
+21
+22

Sinogram

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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

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  1. ^ 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

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  • 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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