The Chinese Radical: 亻


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Meaning
person    亻

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

Used in these characters:
他
JLPT HSK 1
another, he or him
tā
亻 也
Left: person 亻/人, right: also/too 也 (shows a twisted creature, possibly scorpion, snake etc.)
A person twisting like this becomes another.  
们
JLPT HSK 1
many, plural marker for persons
men
亻 門
Left: person 亻, right: gate 门/門
(Only one single door is not enough.) For the persons you need a gate, if they are many.  
你
JLPT HSK 1
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
nǐ
亻 尔
Left: person 亻, right: thus/therefore 尔 (A lying person appears small 小, that's therefore thus.)
This person is thus you.  
作
JLPT HSK 1
to make something, to write or compose, to pretend, to feel
zuò
亻 乍
Left: a person 亻, right: suddenly, unexpectedly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
The person has a saw to make something.  
什
JLPT HSK 1
miscellaneous, what, ten in calculations, assorted
shén, shí
亻 十
Left: person 亻/人, right: ten 十
Ten persons are miscellaneous.  
做
JLPT HSK 1
to do, to make, to compose
zuò
亻 古 攴
Left person 亻, right: therefore, reason 故 (If the old 古 (man) strikes 攵 then with a reason) [to strike 攵/攴 = hand 又 with a stick 卜]
The person has a reason to do sth.  
住
JLPT HSK 1
to live, to dwell, to stay, to reside, to stop
zhù
亻 主
Left: person 亻, right: master 主 (I emphasize 丶, the king 王 is the master.)
A person is the master where he lives.  
候
JLPT HSK 1
wait, later, season, expect, visit, weather
hòu
侯 亻 矢
In the middle vertically: stick 丨, left and right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.) - Here: ユ as variation of: work, craft 工
When a person takes a stick 丨 to craft/carve 工 it into an arrow, you need to wait (until a later season).  
体
JLPT HSK 2
body, form, style, system
tǐ
亻 本
Left: person 亻/人, right: root, origin, book 本 (The tree 木 comes out of the roots 一 as origin and becomes a book.)
The person has his roots in the body.  
但
JLPT HSK 2
but, yet, however, merely, still
dàn
亻 旦
Left: person 亻, right: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一)
One person watches the sunrise, but ...  
您
JLPT HSK 2
you (courteous), as opposed to informal
nín
亻 尔 心
At top: "you" (informal speech) 你 (This person 亻is thus/therefore 尔 you [尔= A lying person appears small 小, that's thus/therefore ): The person is thus you.] ), below: heart 心
The informal "you" changes by adding the 'heart' into the formal address: "you".  
件
JLPT HSK 2
affair, item, components, clothes, events
jiàn
亻 牛
Left: person 亻, right: cow 牛 (The head of a cow キ with only one horn ノ)
A person comes with a cow, which is his affair.  
便
JLPT HSK 2
convenient, ordinary, plain, to defecate
biàn, pián
亻 更 丈
Left: person 亻, right: further/still more 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 [= big 大 person with wide step] further and more.)
People (like it) furthermore, when it is convenient.  
假
JLPT HSK 3
fake, false, to borrow, artificial
jiǎ, jià
亻 叚
Left: person亻, right: (free interpretation: mine/pit) 叚 (In a hole 口 with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand 又.)
For persons the (work in) a mine is: false.  
信
JLPT HSK 3
to trust, to believe, letter, mail
xìn
亻 讠 言
Left: person 亻/人, right: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口)
This person and his words are trustworthy.  
化
JLPT HSK 3
change, transform, to make into
huà
化 亻 匕
Left: standing person 亻, right: ladle/spoon 匕 (here: sitting person),
If a standing person becomes a sitting person, it is a change.  
位
JLPT HSK 3
position, location, place, seat
wèi
亻 立
Left: person 亻/人, right: to stand 立
People are standing at their positions.  
像
JLPT HSK 3
to resemble, to appear, to seem, image, portrait
xiàng
亻 象 豕
Left: person 亻, right: elephant 象 (A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant.)
A person resembling an elephant is an appearance.  
优
JLPT HSK 4
excellent, superior
yōu
亻 尤 尢 丶
Left: person 亻, right: outstanding 尤 (Despite the broken leg 尢 [= 乚] the emphasis 丶 makes the big 大 person: outstanding)
Persons who are outstanding are excellent.  
保
JLPT HSK 4
to protect, to defend, to maintain, Bulgaria
bǎo
保 亻
Left: person 亻, right: stupid, foolish 呆 (a fence 囗 and a tree 木)
The person wants a fence for the tree to protect it. (Whereas a fenced 囗 tree 木 is in distress 困.)  
仅
JLPT HSK 4
merely, barely, only
jǐn
亻 又
Left: person 亻, right: again, also 又 (image of a hand)
A person with only one hand, merely.  
使
JLPT HSK 4
to cause, to instruct sb., to enable, to send
shǐ
亻 丈
Left: person 亻/人, right: civil servant 吏 (A mouth 口 of a certain reach 丈 is expected from an official.) [丈 = big 大 step, length 3.3m]
This person is civil servant and can cause you to do sth.  
何
JLPT HSK 4
what, how, why, which
hé
亻 可
Left: person 亻/人, right: possibility, can 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)
The person can do what?  
例
JLPT HSK 4
example, precedent, rule, instance
lì
亻 列 歹
Left: person 亻, right: row 列 (A [back-]bone 歹 is exposed with a knife刂 in a row.)
A person queuing in a line/row sets an example.  
供
JLPT HSK 4
sacrificial offering, to provide, to supply
gōng, gòng
亻 共
Left: person 亻, right: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together)
Person join together to provide an offering.  
伙
JLPT HSK 4
community, companion, partner, group, meals
huǒ
亻 火
Left: person 亻/人, right: fire 火
When people come to the fire, this is forming a community.  
值
JLPT HSK 4
value, price, to be worth, to happen
zhí
亻 直
Left: person 亻, right: straight, directly 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __, which is straight.)
This person knows directly his value.  
仍
JLPT HSK 4
still, yet, to remain
réng
亻 乃
Left: person 亻, right: therefore, thus 乃 (pregnancy belly in side view) -cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃
The person with the pregnancy belly produces a "still" or "remain".  
价
JLPT HSK 4
price, value
jià, jie
亻 介
Left: person 亻, right: between 介 (The person 人 in this armor 丌 is in: between)
The person 亻 pays to another person 人 for the armor 丌: a price.  
估
JLPT HSK 4
estimate, reckon, assessment, merchant
gū, gù
亻 古
Left: person 亻, right: old 古 (originally: skull, but here better as image a tomb stone)
A person who is old (and experienced) is good in estimating.  
任
JLPT HSK 4
to assign, to appoint, office, responsibility
rèn
任 亻 壬
Left: person 亻, right: burden 壬 or scholar 士 with hat ノ
A person, who is assigned as a 'scholar with hat', has official responsibility.  
伤
JLPT HSK 4
to injure, injury, wound
shāng
亻 力
Left: person 亻, right: person lying down as a variant of 人, force 力
If you make a person into a lying person by means of force, you have probably injured him.  
仔
JLPT HSK 4
small thing, child, chick (young animal), attentive
zī, zǐ, zǎi
亻 子
Left: Person 亻, right: child 子 (... with an outsized head 乛, body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一)
A person has to give attentions to small things, like chicks.  
俩
JLPT HSK 4
both, two, craft, cunning
liǎ, liǎng
亻 两
Left: person 亻, right: pair, both 两 (Two connected 一 persons 人 are inside 内, thus both.)
The persons, thus the pair, are both.  
停
JLPT HSK 4
to stop, to halt, to park (a car)
tíng
亻 高 丁
Left: person 亻, right: pavilion, kiosk 亭 (Tall like a high 高 nail 丁, is this pavilion)
(When you travel you need a break:) The person is at the kiosk to stop.  
傅
JLPT HSK 4
master, tutor, qualified worker
fù
亻 尃 甫
Left: person 亻, right: announce 尃 (just now 甫 with skillful hand 寸) Here cf. shoulder 膊: Thus the body part 月/肉, that somehow looks like the upper body 甫 with shoulders 一 and the chest 月 with the 'skillful hand' 寸 are the shoulders.
That person with the (strong) shoulder and skillful hand is a qualified worker or a master.  
修
JLPT HSK 4
to remodel, repair, study, decorate, cultivate
xiū
亻 彡 攸
From left: person 亻, stick 丨, to beat 攵 (hand 又 with stick ノ), hair 彡
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
亻 方
Left: person 亻, right: direction, square 方
A person who (follows) in a direction is: imitating someone.  
偷
JLPT HSK 5
to steal, to pilfer, to snatch, stealthily
tōu
亻 俞
Left: person 亻, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The person assents the theft.  
代
JLPT HSK 5
generation, to substitute, dynasty
dài
亻 代 弋
Left: person 亻, right: saber 弋
The person gives the saber (it's a heir) to the (next) generation.  
偿
JLPT HSK 5
to compensate for, repay, reimburse, fulfill (hopes etc)
cháng
亻 云
Left: person 亻, right: taste(food) 尝 (If the small 小 under the cover 冖 tastes like a cloud 云, that's I want to: try/taste.) [cloud 云 = They can be arranged in layers 二 and form vortices/eddies 厶.]
The person tasted the food and will compensate the cost.  
似
JLPT HSK 5
similar, to resemble, -like, to seem
sì
亻 以
Left: person 亻, right: to use 以 (The scratch plow レ has cut a plow furrow 丶, which a person 人 uses.)
The people, we use/need shall be similar.  
佩
JLPT HSK 5
admire, to respect, to wear (belt etc)
pèi
亻 風 巾 几
Left: person 亻, right: sail 几 (cf. wind 风) and cloth 巾
The person sees in the sail a piece of cloth, admires it and wants to wear it.  
佛
JLPT HSK 5
Buddha, Buddhism
fó, fú
亻 弗 弓
Left: person 亻, right: deny, negation 弗 (A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.)
A person of denial (of needs) is the (godlike) buddha.  
俱
JLPT HSK 5
entirely, plenty of choice, without exception
jù
亻 具
Left: person 亻, right: tool 具 (The eye 目 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)
yì
亻 乙
Left: person 亻, (here: "1"), right: 乙 at second position 乙 (Number 'two' 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.) (If you continue the line of 乙 to the upper left, you get an eight 8)
A "one" with 8 zeros -> 100 million.  
傻
JLPT HSK 5
stupid, foolish, idiot
shǎ
亻 夂
Left: person 亻, right: 囟 (TV-set 口 with screen 㐅, antenna 丶 on a stand 八; and 夂 sitting cross-legged
A person being in front of the TV cross-legged, becomes: stupid.  
倡
JLPT HSK 5
to propose, instigate, initiate, promote, introduce
chàng
亻 昌 日
Left: person 亻, right: to flourish 昌 (Two suns 日 and it is flourishing.)
According to this person, there should be two suns: that was the proposal!  
伟
JLPT HSK 5
imposing, great, mighty, magnificent
wěi
亻 韦
Left: person 亻, right: leather 韦 (Two layers 二 are separated with special sword 刀 to make leather)
(Clothing for ordinary people was made of linen, but:) A person in leather appears imposing.  
倾
JLPT HSK 6
incline, to collapse, to overturn, to tend
qīng
化 亻 匕 頁
Left: person 亻, right: short while ago, area size qǐng 顷 (sitting person 匕, page, (fore)head 页/頁 (=head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一) Better left: change 化
If a person 亻turns to a sitting 匕 person, it's in the head, that is inclining.  
伐
JLPT HSK 6
to cut down, to fell, attack, boast
fá
亻 戈
Left: person 亻/人, right: halberd 戈
The person used the halberd for cutting down (felling).  
伯
JLPT HSK 6
father's elder brother, senior
bó
亻 白
Left: person 亻, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.)
The person with "white" (= the hair) is my elder uncle.  
仪
JLPT HSK 6
apparatus, ceremony, rites, appearance, present
yí
亻 义
Left: person 亻, right: justice 义 (It comes from the emphasized 丶 head of the person 人 with raised arms 乂)
The person of justice needs an apparatus for bringing ceremonies in appearance.  
伍
JLPT HSK 6
squad of five soldiers, associated
wǔ
亻 五
Left: person 亻, right: five 五
Persons as 'five' form a military squad.  
侦
JLPT HSK 6
to scout, to spy, to detect
zhēn
亻 贞
Left: person 亻, right: faithful 贞 (Who divines 卜 for money 贝 must be faithful.)
A person especially faithful is asked for scouting and spying.  
储
JLPT HSK 6
to save, store, have in reserve
chǔ
亻 讠 者 耂
Left: person 亻, right: various 诸 (The words 讠/言 of the persons 者 are: various.)
The bank employee 亻 recommends with words 言 to the customer 者, he shall: save. OR: A person with various (things) has saved.  
仇
JLPT HSK 6
enemy, hatred, animosity, a rival, feud
chóu, qiú
亻 九
Left: person 亻, right: nine 九
Persons who come in (in a group of) nine are your enemies.  
俘
JLPT HSK 6
to take prisoner, prisoner of war
fú
亻 孚 爫
Left: person 亻, right: entrust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.)
A person who trusts can (easily be) taken as prisoner.  
伪
JLPT HSK 6
false, fake, forged, bogus
wěi
亻 力
Left: person 亻, right: to act/behave as 为 (A very strongly emphasized force acts as such.)
A person who acts with double-emphasized force is false!  
佳
JLPT HSK 6
beautiful, fine, good
jiā
亻 圭
Left: person 人, right: 圭 = 2x earth 土 as piled earth path cf. street 街)
The person strutting on the mounds of earth (= a street) is of excellent beauty.  
俯
JLPT HSK 6
look down, stoop
fǔ
亻 府 付
Left: person 亻, right: seat of government 府 (The building 广 in which it is handed over 付, is the seat of the government.) [付 = to hand over from a person 亻to a skillful hand 寸]
A persons shall at the seat of government look down and stoop.  
伦
JLPT HSK 6
coherence, human relationship, order
lún
亻 仑 匕
Left: person 亻, right: arrange, set up 仑 (When a person 人 turns into a sitting person 匕, it is well arranged.)
A person, who is "well arranged" thinks in terms of coherence and relationships.  
仁
JLPT HSK 6
benevolent, humane, kernel
rén
亻 二
Left: person 亻/人, right: two 二
A person is like two, if it is benevolent.  
倦
JLPT HSK 6
tired
juàn
亻 卷 龹 㔾
Left: person 亻, right: reel, spool 卷 (border guard 龹 [= person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二], slumped person 㔾-)
When a person as a security guard first lifted the arms and then slumps down, he got tired.  
僵
JLPT HSK 6
stiff (corpse), deadlock, become rigid
jiāng
亻 畺
Left: Person 亻, right: 畺 (3x 2 rice fields)
A person who (has to walk) 3 times over two rice fields can thereby deadlock or get stiff.  
侨
JLPT HSK 6
emigrant, reside abroad
qiáo
亻 乔
Left: person 亻, right: tall 乔 (top: 夭, but here: sky 天: [Sky-天-long legs 丿| make tall.])
In particular persons, that are tall become emigrants.  
侠
JLPT HSK 6
brave and chivalrous, hero, heroic
xiá
亻 夹
Left: person 亻, right: squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) 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.  
侧
JLPT HSK 6
the side, lateral, inclined
cè, zè, zhāi
亻 则 贝
Left: person 亻, right: standard/rule 则 (money 贝 is cut/split 刂 by rules)
The person observing the rules (=referee) stands at the side (of the play ground).  
债
JLPT HSK 6
debt, liability, obligation
zhài
亻 责 丰
Left: person 亻, right: responsibility 责 (Growing plants and money 贝/貝 mean responsibilities.)
A person bears the responsibility for his: debt.  
佣
JLPT HSK 6
to employ, to hire, servant
yōng, yòng
亻 用
Left: person 亻, right: to use, need 用 (A fence 用 can be used.)
The person, who is used is the: employed servant.  
侣
JLPT HSK 6
companion, mate, partner
lǚ
亻 吕
Left: person 亻, right: two mouths 吕
Like one person with two mouths: partners / cohabitee.  
侄
JLPT HSK 6
nephew by the male line, nephew
zhí
亻 至
Left: person 亻, right: to arrive, reach 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 returns back to earth 土 and arrives there.)
The person, who just has arrived is the nephew.  
仗
JLPT HSK 6
battle, weaponry, to wield, to rely on
zhàng
亻 丈
Left: Person 亻, right: unit of length 丈 (Big person 大 with wide step)
A person with wide steps during the battle.  
伺
JLPT HSK 6
to wait and watch, to examine, to spy
cì, sì
亻 司
Left: person 亻/人, right: civil servant, administer 司 (... where sb. is sitting in a corner ⌝ throwing a sheet 一 of paper in the wastebasket 口)
(He does not like to work?) A person as a civil servant wants to: wait and watch.  
僻
JLPT HSK 6
remote (location), peculiar, secluded, eccentric, biased
pì
亻 辟
Left: person 亻, right: anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, opening 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture)
A person who does anal penetration is "remote".  
俭
JLPT HSK 6
frugal, thrifty, needless, unadorned
jiǎn
亻 佥
Left: person 亻, right: together 佥 (A person 人 as one 一 is with three ツ together.)
If it is (enough) for a person to be in a "together", he is frugal.  
伶
JLPT HSK 6
clever
líng
亻 令
Left: person 亻, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
The person, giving commands should be clever.  
侈
JLPT HSK 6
exaggerating, extravagant, wasteful
chǐ
亻 多
Left: person 亻, right: much, many 多
(At an invitation:) If the persons are too many, it is exaggerating.  
侃
JLPT HSK 6
upright and honest, cheerful, to talk smoothly
kǎn
亻 口 川
Left: person 亻, right: mouth 口, river 川
(He talks a lot:) The person with a mouth like a river is: upright and honest.  
袱
JLPT HSK 6
bundle wrapped in cloth
fú
衣 亻 犬
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: subsue 伏 (A person 亻/人 is like a dog 犬, when it subdues.)
With clothes a person can (carry) a dog, enwrapped as: a bundle.  
侥
JLPT HSK 6
by mere luck
jiǎo
亻 尧
Left: person 亻, right: Emperor Tang Yao 尧 (variation of halberd 戈 and table )
The person who stepped with the halberd over the table did so (... without falling): by mere luck.  
倔
JLPT HSK 6
crabby, stubborn, obstinate, tough
jué
亻 屈
Left: person 亻, right: bow, crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack] comes out 出 when crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
A person who (always) is crouching becomes: crabby.  
俐
JLPT HSK 6
clever
lì
亻 利
Left: person 亻, right: profit, favorable 利 (Harvesting rice plants 禾 with a knife刂 is favorable and brings profit.)
A person making profit is clever.  
阀
JLPT no HSK
clique, faction, valve (loanword)
fá
門 亻 戈
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: to cut down, fell 伐 (A person 亻with a halberd 戈 is cutting down.)
It's like a gate with a guard (= a person with a halberd): the valve.  
俄
JLPT no HSK
suddenly, very soon, Russian
é
亻 我
Left: person 亻, right: I,me 我 (In my hand 手 a halberd 戈 and I am myself)
The person who has a halberd in his hand (which is me), acts very suddenly.  
佑
JLPT no HSK
to help, protect, bless, assist
yòu
亻 右
Left: person 亻, right: right 右 (= The hand that feeds the mouth 口) - cf. left 左, i.e. with a hand assists and thus supports the right hand 右
A person who is next to the right hand, thus the working hand, provides help and assistance.  
荷
JLPT no HSK
to carry on shoulder or back, burden, lotus
hé, hè
艹 亻 可
Top: plant 艹, bottom: "what" 何? (Two persons 亻, 丁 carrying a load 口 with that bar 一
For the transport of the plants the two persons use their shoulders to carry that load.  
俏
JLPT no HSK
smart, good-looking
qiào
亻 肖
Left: person 亻, right: alike, resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
(IQ-test or memory-game:) Persons, who detect the alikes are smart.  
佐
JLPT no HSK
to assist, assistant, aide, to accompany
zuǒ
亻 左
Left: person 亻/人, right: left 左 (The hand that supports when building 工)
The person at left assists (... such as also the left hand is the assistant of the right)  
侍
JLPT no HSK
to serve, to attend upon
shì
亻 寺
Left: person 亻/人, right: temple 寺 (Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
The person in the temple is a: servant.  
伽
JLPT no HSK
(phonetic for:) ga or gā
qié
亻 加
Left: person 亻, right: to add 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat])
The person adds a: 'ga' or 'gā'  
雁
JLPT no HSK
wild goose
yàn
厂 亻 隹
From left: cliff 厂, person 亻, bird 隹
On the cliff and (big as) a person is this bird: the wild goose.  
侬
JLPT no HSK
you (Wu dialect), I, me (classical)
nóng
亻 农
Left: person 亻, right: peasant 农 (he wears a cover 冖 at the clothes 衣 [because he has to go out in any weathers])
The person as a peasant, that is: you!  
佃
JLPT no HSK
tenant farmer
diàn
亻 田
Left: person 亻, right: rice field 田
The person at the rice field is the tenant farmer.  
仆
JLPT no HSK
servant, to fall prostrate
pū, pú
亻 卜
Left: person 亻, right: oracle, forking road 卜
The person who prostrates himself from the standing 丨 forward 丶 is the servant.  
倪
JLPT no HSK
feeble, tiny, young and weak
ní
亻 兒 臼 儿
Left: person 亻, right: fragment, child 兒/儿 (simplified to 儿, with mortar 臼 and legs 儿)
The person, who is like a 'child' is: feeble.  
倩
JLPT no HSK
beautiful, lovely, pretty, winsome
qiàn
亻 青
Left: person 亻, right: green/blue, young 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.)
A person in his youth is beautiful.  
佬
JLPT no HSK
male, man, person
lǎo
亻 老
Left: person 亻, right: old, experienced 老 (old man 耂 as a sitting person 匕)
The 'person' of the old man is: male.  
伢
JLPT no HSK
child (coll.), kid
yá
亻 牙
Left: person 亻, right: tusk 牙 (also: sprout, bud cf. 芽)
The person, who is a sprout, is a child.  
倭
JLPT no HSK
Japanese (old derogatory term), dwarf
wō
亻 委
Left: person 亻, right: entrust 委 (Rice plant 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)
(especially trustworthy) The person who can be entrusted is the: Japanese.  
佯
JLPT no HSK
pretend, feign, false, deceitful
yáng
亻 羊
Left: person 亻, right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
A person pretending to be a sheep is deceitful.  
伊
JLPT no HSK
he, she, abbr. for Iraq or Iran
yī
亻 尹 ノ
Left: person 亻, right: to administer, rule 尹 (.. with a stick ノ in the hand to administer)
The person with the stick in his hand point to him/her.  
俾
JLPT no HSK
to cause, to enable, phonetic bi
bǐ
亻 卑
Left: person 亻, right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar.)
The person behaves vulgarly and wants to cause something.  
倚
JLPT no HSK
to lean on, rely upon
yǐ
亻 奇
Left: person 亻, right: strange, odd 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.) - [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
A person has big possibilities, if he can lean on sth.  
俨
JLPT no HSK
majestic, dignified
yǎn
亻 亚 厂 业
Left: person 亻, right: tight, thicket 严 (With a cover 一 the hollow peak 业 of the cliff 厂 is tight and strict.)
A person who appears tight, is majestically.  
俟
JLPT no HSK
until, wait for
sì
亻 矣 厶 矢
Left: person 亻, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by the arrow 矢, it is the end) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
When the person is at the end, it means: 'until ...'  
偎
JLPT no HSK
to cuddle, embrace, fondle
wēi
亻 畏 田 衣
Left: person 亻, right: awe/reverence 畏 (... because he has rice fields 田 and (good) clothes 衣)
Don't jump all over your darling right away:) A person should show awe/respect when cuddling.  
侏
JLPT no HSK
"dwarf", person of short stature
zhū
亻 朱 未
Left: person 亻, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young [= not yet] tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?)
This person is like a small ノ twig at the young, unfinished tree: The dwarf.  
偕
JLPT no HSK
together, in company with
xié
亻 皆
Left: person 亻, right: all 皆 (I compare 比 but the shine ノ of the sun 日 make it white 白: all & everything!)
A person with 'all' stands for: together.  
傩
JLPT no HSK
to exorcise demons
nuó
亻 难 又 隹
Left: person 亻, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 [to catch] a bird 隹 is difficult.)
Persons with difficulties need the: exorcism.  
筏
JLPT no HSK
raft (of logs)
fá
竹 亻 戈
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: to cut down, fell 伐 (The person 亻with the halberd 戈 is cutting down.)
The bamboo should be felled to make a: raft.  
佚
JLPT no HSK
lazy, idle
yì
亻 失
Left: person 亻, right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.)
A person will lose, if he is lazy.  
僭
JLPT no HSK
usurp
jiàn
亻
Left: person 亻, right: 朁 (2x sky 天 with a waving hand ⌞, sun 日)
When 2 people wave as if from the sky above the sun, they have usurped sth.  
傣
JLPT no HSK
Dai (ethnic group)
dǎi
亻 水
Left: person 亻, right: safe, peaceful, Thailand 泰
The persons who are as three 三 persons 人 by the water are the peaceful 'Dai'.  
傀
JLPT no HSK
puppet, strange, exotic
kuǐ
亻 鬼
Left: person 亻, right: devil 鬼
(Often used in a puppet shows) The person of the devil is a puppet.  
偌
JLPT no HSK
so, such, to such a degree
ruò
亻 若 右
Left: person 亻, right: seem as if 若 (The plant 艹 to the right 右 seems as if.)
The person (cuts) the plant with the right (hand). You do: such so.  
儡
JLPT no HSK
puppet, dummy, marionette
lěi
亻 田
Left: person 亻, right: 畾 (three fields 田)
(You can only work on one field at a time:) A person who is (at the same time) on three rice fields is: a puppet.  
佼
JLPT no HSK
handsome, beautiful, good-looking
jiǎo
亻 交
Left: person 亻, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
(Beauty makes popular) The person is in exchange because he is handsome.  

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