rén

person

is a component form of , which depicts a person.

Evolution

亻 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
亻 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
亻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
亻 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
亻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

rén

radical number 9; "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

Component uses

Meaning component in 250 characters (91 verified)

使 便 亿 𫣊 仿 倀

Sound component in 4 characters (3 verified)

Iconic component in 14 characters (14 verified)

宿 𡈼

Unknown component in 8 characters (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ni[ŋ]

nyin

rén

person


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+4EBB

Shuowen

“人,天地之性最貴者也。此籀文,象臂脛之形。”


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