亻 person (standing)

にんべん ninben

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Origin · sourced

Pictogram象形

Side view of a standing man, highlighting an arm and a leg.

Source: Wiktionary, 人 (rev. 94589653), the entry for the full form, CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform. It is the mark of our human presence in the written language.”

Where it sits in a kanji

Represents human actions, social statuses, or basic human traits and states of being

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What it grows into

Built from 亻, with sourced origins

付adhereフ · つける
亻 + 又
Ideogrammic compound (會意): 亻 (“person”) + 又 (“hand”) or ideogrammic compound (會意): 亻 (“person”) + 寸 (“hand”) – to deliver, to give to someone.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
何whatカ · なに
亻 + 戈sound
In the oracle bone script, a pictogram (象形): a man carrying something on their shoulder – the original form of 荷 (“to carry”).
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
休restキュウ · やすむ
亻 + 木
A man leaning against a tree, resting.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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