The Chinese Radical: 亻


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Meaning
person    亻

Explanation This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" , and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several varation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting person.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
another, he or him

Left: person /, right: also/too (shows a twisted creature, possibly scorpion, snake etc.)
A person twisting like this becomes another.
JLPT HSK 1
many, plural marker for persons
men
Left: person , right: gate /門
(A single door is not enough.) For the persons you need a gate, if they are many.
JLPT HSK 1
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)

Left: person , right: thus/therefore (A lying person appears small , that's therefore thus.)
This person is thus you.
JLPT HSK 1
to make something, to write or compose, to pretend, to feel
zuò
Left: a person , right: suddenly, unexpectedly (The saw fells [the tree] suddenly.)
The person has a saw to make something.
JLPT HSK 1
miscellaneous, what, ten in calculations, assorted
shén, shí
Left: person /, right: ten
Ten persons are miscellaneous.
JLPT HSK 1
to do, to make, to compose
zuò
Left person , right: therefore, reason 故 (If the old (man) strikes 攵 then with a reason) [to strike 攵/ = hand with a stick ]
The person has a reason to do sth.
JLPT HSK 1
to live, to dwell, to stay, to reside, to stop
zhù
Left: person , right: master (I emphasize , the king is the master.)
A person is the master where he lives.
JLPT HSK 1
wait, later, season, expect, visit, weather
hòu
In the middle vertically: stick , left and right: marquis (The person to whom another person with an arrow bows down, is a marquis.) - Here: ユ as variation of: work, craft
When a person takes a stick to craft/carve it into an arrow, you need to wait (until a later season).
JLPT HSK 2
body, form, style, system

Left: person /, right: root, origin, book (The tree comes out of the roots as origin and becomes a book.)
The person has his roots in the body.
JLPT HSK 2
but, yet, however, merely, still
dàn
Left: person , right: sunrise (The sun is just above the horizon )
One person watches the sunrise, but ...
JLPT HSK 2
you (courteous), as opposed to informal
nín
At top: "you" (informal speech) 你 (This person is thus/therefore you [= A lying person appears small , that's thus/therefore ): The person is thus you.] ), below: heart
The informal "you" changes by adding the 'heart' into the formal address: "you".
JLPT HSK 2
affair, item, components, clothes, events
jiàn
Left: person , right: cow (The head of a cow キ with only one horn )
A person comes with a cow, which is his affair.
便
JLPT HSK 2
convenient, ordinary, plain, to defecate
biàn, pián
Left: person , right: further/still more (The sun goes with each unit of length [= big person with wide step] further and more.)
People (like it) furthermore, when it is convenient.
JLPT HSK 3
fake, false, to borrow, artificial
jiǎ, jià
Left: person, right: (free interpretation: mine/pit) (In a hole with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand .)
For persons is the (work in) a mine: false.
JLPT HSK 3
to trust, to believe, letter, mail
xìn
Left: person /, right: word / (sound waves out of a mouth )
This person and his words are trustworthy.
JLPT HSK 3
change, transform, to make into
huà
Left: standing person , right: ladle/spoon (here: sitting person),
If a standing person becomes a sitting person, it is a change.
JLPT HSK 3
position, location, place, seat
wèi
Left: person /, right: to stand
People are standing at their positions.
JLPT HSK 3
to resemble, to appear, to seem, image, portrait
xiàng
Left: person , right: elephant (A trunk and two big ears 罒 make a pig appear like an elephant.)
A person resembling an elephant is an appearance.
JLPT HSK 4
excellent, superior
yōu
Left: person , right: outstanding (Despite the broken leg [= ] the emphasis makes the big person: outstanding)
Personen, who are outstanding are excellent.
JLPT HSK 4
to protect, to defend, to maintain, Bulgaria
bǎo
Left: person , right: stupid, foolish 呆 (a fence and a tree )
The person wants a fence for the tree to protect it. (Whereas a fenced tree is in distress 困.)
JLPT HSK 4
merely, barely, only
jǐn
Left: person , right: again, also (image of a hand)
A person with only one hand, merely.
使
JLPT HSK 4
to cause, to instruct sb, to enable, to employ, to send
shǐ
Left: person /, right: civil servant 吏 (A mouth of a certain reach is expected from an official.) [ = big step, length 3.3m]
This person is civil servant and can cause you to do sth.
JLPT HSK 4
what, how, why, which

Left: person /, right: possibility, can (The nail into the opening should be possible.)
The person can do what?
JLPT HSK 4
example, precedent, rule, instance

Left: person , right: row (A [back-]bone is exposed with a knife in a row.)
A person queuing in a line/row sets an example.
JLPT HSK 4
sacrificial offering, to provide, to supply
gōng, gòng
Left: person , right: together (Put the plants on the table together)
Person join together to provide an offering.
JLPT HSK 4
community, companion, partner, group, meals
huǒ
Left: person /, right: fire
When people are at the fire, this is forming a community.
JLPT HSK 4
value, price, to be worth, to happen
zhí
Left: person , right: straight, directly (Ten eyes watch the base line __, which is straight.)
This person knows directly his value.
JLPT HSK 4
still, yet, to remain
réng
Left: person , right: therefore, thus (pregnancy belly in side view) [cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child comes out of that womb ]
The person makes a "therefore" into a "still".
JLPT HSK 4
price, value
jià, jie
Left: person , right: between (The person in this armor 丌 is in-between)
The person pays to another person for the armor 丌: a price.
JLPT HSK 4
estimate, reckon, assessment, merchant
gū, gù
Left: person , right: old (originally: skull, but here better as image a tomb stone)
A person who is old (and experienced) is good in estimating.
JLPT HSK 4
to assign, to appoint, office, responsibility
rèn
Left: person , right: burden or scholar with hat
A person, who is assigned as a 'scholoar with hat', has official responsibility.
JLPT HSK 4
to injure, injury, wound
shāng
Left: person , right: person lying down as a variant of , force
If you make a person into a lying person by means of force, you have probably injured him.
JLPT HSK 4
small thing, child, chick (young animal), attentive
zī, zǐ, zǎi
Left: Person , right: child (... with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two outstretched arms )
A person has to give attentions to small things, like chicks.
JLPT HSK 4
both, two, craft, cunning
liǎ, liǎng
Left: person , right: pair, both (Two connected persons are inside , thus both.)
The persons, thus the pair, are both.
JLPT HSK 4
to stop, to halt, to park (a car)
tíng
Left: person , right: pavilion, kiosk 亭 (Tall like a high nail , is this pavilion)
(When you travel you need a break:) The person is at the kiosk to stop.
JLPT HSK 4
master, tutor, qualified worker

Left: person , right: announce (just now with skillful hand )
That person, who announces, just now with a skillful hand, is my master.
JLPT HSK 4
to remodel, repair, study, decorate, cultivate
xiū
From left: person , stick , to beat 攵 (hand with stick ), hair
A person puts by hand two sticks in his hair to remodel (decorate) it.
仿
JLPT HSK 5
to imitate, to copy, mimic, seemingly
fǎng
Left: person , right: direction, square
A person who (follows) in a direction is: imitating someone.
JLPT HSK 5
to steal, to pilfer, to snatch, stealthily
tōu
Left: person , right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The person assents the theft.
JLPT HSK 5
generation, to substitute, dynasty
dài
Left: person , right: sabre
The person gives the sabre (it's a heir) to the (next) generation.
JLPT HSK 5
to compensate for, repay, reimburse, fulfill (hopes etc)
cháng
Left: person , right: taste(food) 尝 (If the small under the cover tastes like a cloud , that's I want to: try/taste.) [cloud = It can drip from both , namely from noses or: clouds]
The person tasted the food and will compensate the cost.
JLPT HSK 5
similar, to resemble, -like, to seem

Left: person , right: to use (The scratch plow レ has cut a plow furrow , which a person uses.)
The people, we use/need shall be similar.
JLPT HSK 5
admire, to respect, to wear (belt etc)
pèi
Left: person , right: sail (cf. wind 风) and cloth
The person sees in the sail a piece of cloth, admires it and wants to wear it.
JLPT HSK 5
Buddha, Buddhism
fó, fú
Left: person , right: deny, negation (A bow with two strings || is to be denied.)
A person of denial (of needs) is the (godlike) buddha.
JLPT HSK 5
entirely, plenty of choice, without exception

Left: person , right: tool (The eye sees on the table a tool)
The person has with his eye over the table an: entire choice.
亿
JLPT HSK 5
100 million (=10^8)

Left: person , (here: "1"), right: at second position (Number 'two' written quickly without lifting the pen.) (If you continue the line of to the upper left, you get an eight 8)
A "one" with 8 zeros -> 100 million.
JLPT HSK 5
stupid, foolish, idiot
shǎ
Left: person , right: 囟 (TV-set with screen , antenna on a stand ; and sitting cross-legged
A person being in front of the TV cross-legged, becomes: stupid.
JLPT HSK 5
to propose, instigate, initiate, promote, introduce
chàng
Left: person , right: to flourish (Two suns and it is flourishing.)
According to this person, there should be two suns: that was the proposal!
JLPT HSK 5
imposing, great, mighty, magnificent
wěi
Left: person , right: leather (Two layers are separated with special sword to make leather)
(Clothing made of linen or similar was for ordinary people.) A person in leather appears imposing.
JLPT HSK 6
incline, to collapse, to overturn, to tend
qīng
Left: person , right: short while ago, area size qǐng 顷 (sitting person , page, (fore)head 页/ (=head with shoulders and eyebrows ) Better left: change
If a person turns to a sitting person, it's in the head, that is inclining.
JLPT HSK 6
to cut down, to fell, attack, boast

Left: person /, right: halberd
The person used the halberd for cutting down (felling).
JLPT HSK 6
father's elder brother, senior

Left: person , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.)
The person with "white" (= the hair) is my elder oncle.
JLPT HSK 6
apparatus, ceremony, rites, appearance, present

Left: person , right: justice (It comes from the emphasized head of the person with raised arms )
The person of justice needs an apparatus for bringing ceremonies in appearance.
JLPT HSK 6
squad of five soldiers, associated

Left: person , right: five
Persons as 'five' are a military squad.
JLPT HSK 6
to scout, to spy, to detect
zhēn
Left: person , right: faithful (Who divines for money must be faithful.)
A person especially faithful is asked for scouting and spying.
JLPT HSK 6
to save, store, have in reserve
chǔ
Left: person , right: various 诸 (The words / of the persons are: various.)
The bank employee recommends with words to the customer , he shall: save. OR: A person with various (things) has saved.
JLPT HSK 6
enemy, hatred, animosity, a rival, feud
chóu, qiú
Left: person , right: nine
Persons who come in ninths are your enemies.
JLPT HSK 6
to take prisoner, prisoner of war

Left: person , right: entrust (To the hand reaching down , the child is trusting.)
A person who trusts can (easily be) taken as prisoner.
JLPT HSK 6
false, fake, forged, bogus
wěi
Left: person , right: to act/behave as 为 (A very strongly emphasized force acts as such.)
A person who acts like this is false!
JLPT HSK 6
beautiful, fine, good
jiā
Left: person , right: = 2x earth as piled earth path cf. street 街)
The person strutting on the mounds of earth (= a street) is of excellent beauty.
JLPT HSK 6
look down, stoop

Left: person , right: seat of government (The building 广 in which it is handed over , is the seat of the government.) [ = to hand over from a person to a skillful hand ]
A persons shall at the seat of government look down and stoop.
JLPT HSK 6
coherence, human relationship, order
lún
Left: person , right: arrange, set up (When a person turns into a sitting person , it is well arranged.)
A person, who is "well arranged" thinks in terms of coherence and relationships.
JLPT HSK 6
benevolent, humane, kernel
rén
Left: person /, right: two
A person is like two, if it is benevolent.
JLPT HSK 6
tired
juàn
Left: person , right: reel, spool (border guard [= person with high lifted arms and two barrier bars ], slumped person -)
When a person as a security guard lifted the arms and then slumps down, he is tired.
JLPT HSK 6
stiff (corpse), deadlock, become rigid
jiāng
Left: Person , right: (3x 2 rice fields)
A person who (has to walk) 3 times over two rice fields can thereby deadlock or get stiff.
JLPT HSK 6
emigrant, reside abroad
qiáo
Left: person , right: tall (top: , but here: sky : [Sky--long legs 丿| make tall.])
In particular persons, that are tall become emigrants.
JLPT HSK 6
brave and chivalrous, hero, heroic
xiá
Left: person , right: squeeze in (A husband between persons (=) is squeezed, [traditional 俠] HERE: Husband with two kids on the arms)
The person who is a husband with two kids on the arms is brave and chivalrous.
JLPT HSK 6
the side, lateral, inclined
cè, zè, zhāi
Left: person , right: standard/rule (money is cut/split by rules)
The person observing the rules (=referee) stands at the side (of the play ground).
JLPT HSK 6
debt, liability, obligation
zhài
Left: person , right: responsibility (Growing plants and money /貝 mean responsibilities.)
A person bears the responsibility for his: debt.
JLPT HSK 6
to employ, to hire, servant
yōng, yòng
Left: person , right: to use, need (A fence can be used.)
The person, who is needed is the: employed servant.
JLPT HSK 6
companion, mate, partner

Left: person , right: two mouths
Like one person with two mouths: partners / cohabitee.
JLPT HSK 6
nephew by the male line, nephew
zhí
Left: person , right: to arrive, reach (From the sky an arrow comes to the earth : reaching it.)
The person, who just has arrived is the nephew.
JLPT HSK 6
battle, weaponry, to wield, to rely on
zhàng
Left: Person , right: unit of length (Big person with wide step)
A person with wide steps during the battle.
JLPT HSK 6
to wait and watch, to examine, to spy
cì, sì
Left: person /, right: civil servant, administer (... where sb. is sitting in a corner ⌝ throwing a sheet of paper in the wastebasket )
(He does not like to work?) A person as a civil servant wants to: wait and watch.
JLPT HSK 6
remote (location), pecular, secluded, desolate, eccentric, biased

Left: person , right: anal penetration, torture (buttock from the side , opening , needle as symbol for penetration or torture)
A person who does anal penetration is "remote".
JLPT HSK 6
frugal, thrifty, needless, unadorned
jiǎn
Left: person , right: together (A person as one is with three ツ together.)
If it is (enough) for a person to be in a "together", he is frugal.
JLPT HSK 6
clever
líng
Left: person , right: order, command (A lid on the bent person, was ordered)
The person, giving commands should be clever.
JLPT HSK 6
exaggerating, extravagant, wasteful
chǐ
Left: person , right: much, many
(At an invitaion:) If the persons are too many, it is exaggerating.
JLPT HSK 6
upright and honest, cheerful, to talk smoothly
kǎn
Left: person , right: mouth , river
(He talks a lot:) The person with a mouth like a river is: upright and honest.
JLPT HSK 6
bundle wrapped in cloth

Left: clothes 衤/, right: subsue 伏 (A person / is like a dog , when it subdues.)
With clothes a person can (carry) a dog, enwrapped as: a bundle.
JLPT HSK 6
by mere luck
jiǎo
Left: person , right: Emperor Tang Yao (variation of halberd and table )
The person who stepped with the halbered over the table did so (... without falling): by mere luck.
JLPT HSK 6
crabby, stubborn, obstinate, tough
jué
Left: person , right: bow, crouch (The buttock [=butt's crack] comes out when crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
A person who (always) is crouching becomes: crabby.
JLPT HSK 6
clever

Left: person , right: profit, favorable (Harvesting rice plants with a knife is favorable and brings profit.)
A person making profit is clever.
JLPT no HSK
clique, faction, valve (loanword)

Outside: gate / 門, inside: to cut down, fell 伐 (A person with a halberd is cutting down.)
It's like a gate with a guarding person (person with a halberd): the valve.
JLPT no HSK
suddenly, very soon, Russian
é
Left: person , right: I,me (In my hand a halberd and I am myself)
The person who has a halberd in his hand (which is me), acts very suddenly.
JLPT no HSK
to help, protect, bless, assist
yòu
Left: person , right: right (= The hand that feeds the mouth .)
The person's hand feeds sth. into the mouth, when: helping.
JLPT no HSK
to carry on shoulder or back, burden, lotus
hé, hè
Top: plant , bottom: "what" 何? (Two persons , carrying a load with that bar
For the transport of the plants the two persons use their shoulders to carry that load.
JLPT no HSK
smart, good-looking
qiào
Left: person , right: alike, resemble (Small bodies are alike.)
(IQ-test or memory-game:) Persons, who detect the alikes are smart.
JLPT no HSK
to assist, assistant, aide, to accompany
zuǒ
Left: person /, right: left (The hand that supports when building )
The person at left assists.
JLPT no HSK
to serve, to attend upon
shì
Left: person /, right: temple (Made of earth and built with skillful hands )
The person is in the temple as a: servant.
JLPT no HSK
(phonetic for:) ga or gā
qié
Left: person , right: to add (For getting power your mouth needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat])
The person adds a: 'ga' or 'gā'
JLPT no HSK
wild goose
yàn
From left: cliff , person , bird
On the cliff and (big as) a person is this bird: the wild goose.
JLPT no HSK
you (Wu dialect), I, me (classical)
nóng
Left: person , right: peasant (he wears a cover at the clothes [because he has to go out in any weathers])
The person as a peasant, that is: you!
JLPT no HSK
tenant farmer
diàn
Left: person , right: rice field
The person at the rice field is the tenant farmer.
JLPT no HSK
servant, to fall prostrate
pū, pú
Left: person , right: oracle, forking road
The person who prostrates himself from the standing forward is the servant.
JLPT no HSK
feeble, tiny, young and weak

Left: person , right: fragment, child / (simplified to , with mortar and legs )
The person, who is like a 'child' is: feeble.
JLPT no HSK
beautiful, lovely, pretty, winsome
qiàn
Left: person , right: green/blue, young (Growing plants appear in the moonshine blue and young.)
A person in his youth is beautiful.
JLPT no HSK
male, man, person
lǎo
Left: person , right: old, experienced (old man as a sitting person )
The 'person' of the old man is: male.
JLPT no HSK
child (coll.), kid

Left: person , right: tusk (also: sprout, bud cf. 芽)
The person, who is a sprout, is a child.
JLPT no HSK
Japanese (old derogatory term), dwarf

Left: person , right: entrust (Rice plant can women be entrusted.)
(especially trustworthy) The person who can be entrusted is the: Japanese.
JLPT no HSK
pretend, feign, false, deceitful
yáng
Left: person , right: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
A person pretending to be a sheep is deceitful.
JLPT no HSK
he, she, abbr. for Iraq or Iran

Left: person , right: to administer, rule (.. with a stick in the hand you administer)
The person with the stick in his hand point to him/her.
JLPT no HSK
to cause, to enable, phonetic bi

Left: person , right: vulgar/low (A such untidy field is tenfold vulgar.)
The person behaves vulgarly and wants to cause something.
JLPT no HSK
to lean on, rely upon

Left: person , right: strange, odd (There is a big possibility (opportunity) , but it looks strange.) [possibility = The nail into the opening should be possible.]
A person has big possibilities, if he can lean on sth.
JLPT no HSK
majestic, dignified
yǎn
Left: person , right: tight, thicket 严 (With a cover the hollow peak of the cliff is tight and strict.)
A person who appears tight, is majestically.
JLPT no HSK
until, wait for

Left: person , right: end-particle (If the nose is hit by the arrow , it is the end) [arrow = An arrow in the sky ]
When the person is at the end, it means: 'until ...'
JLPT no HSK
to cuddle, embrace, fondle
wēi
Left: person , right: awe/reverence (because he has rice fields and (good) clothes )
(Don't jump all over your partner right away:) A person shows awe/respect when cuddling.
JLPT no HSK
"dwarf", person of short stature
zhū
Left: person , right: vermilion (A branch of a young [= not yet] tree has sth. red =apple?)
This person is like sth. small at the young, unfinished tree: The dwarf.
JLPT no HSK
together, in company with
xié
Left: person , right: all (I compare but the shine of the sun make it white : all & everything!)
A person with 'all' stands for: together.
JLPT no HSK
to exorcise demons
nuó
Left: person , right: difficult (By hand [to catch] a bird is difficult.)
Persons have difficulties with: exorcism.
JLPT no HSK
raft (of logs)

Top: bamboo , bottom: to cut down, fell 伐 (The person with the halberd is cutting down.)
The bamboo should be cut down to make a: raft.
JLPT no HSK
lazy, idle

Left: person , right: to lose (I emphasize the husband will lose.)
A person will lose, if he is lazy.
JLPT no HSK
usurp
jiàn
Left: person , right: 朁 (2x sky with a waving hand ⌞, sun )
When 2 people wave as if from the sky above the sun, they have usurped sth.
JLPT no HSK
Dai (ethnic group)
dǎi
Left: person , right: safe, peaceful, Thailand 泰
The persons who are as three 三 persons by the water are the peaceful 'Dai'.
JLPT no HSK
puppet, strange, exotic
kuǐ
Left: person , right: devil
(Often used in a puppet shows) The person of the devil is a puppet.
JLPT no HSK
so, such, to such a degree
ruò
Left: person , right: seem as if (The plant to the right seems as if.)
The person (cuts) the plant with the right (hand). You do: such so.
JLPT no HSK
puppet, dummy, marionette
lěi
Left: person , right: 畾 (three fields )
(You can only work on one field) A person, who is (at the same time) on three rice fields is: a puppet.
JLPT no HSK
handsome, beautiful, good-looking
jiǎo
Left: person , right: exchange, crossing (six crosses )
(Beauty makes popular) The person is in exchange because he is handsome.

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