字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE甲2940 合18901
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Human Body & People
人
人 person, human
ひと hito
2 strokesRadical of 2 kanjiPart of 22
Your ink in 人0% painted · 0 of 2 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Side view of a standing man, highlighting an arm and a leg.
Source: Wiktionary, 人 (rev. 94589653), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Two lines leaning on each other for support—that's 人! It shows how humans are not meant to stand alone; we lean on one another for strength and companionship. Whenever you see this, think of the vast tapestry of humanity and the individuals who make it up.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Represents people, human qualities, interpersonal relationships, or the essence of being someone
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 人, with sourced origins
- 以by means ofイ · もって
人 becomes 以
A person (人) carrying something. It is often simplified to 㠯 in pre-Qin ancient scripts.
Pictogram · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
一覧
Every kanji with 人 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 2 kanji