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How it is built
人 is one of the 214 radicals: a building block of its own. See radical 9
Some notes are traditional explanations, not proven history.
人 gives the sound in
Characters that share the same sound part. Compare the pinyin to hear how close they are.
Built from 人 68
Characters that use it as a direct part, most common first.
- 他tāhe; him
- 个gè(general measure word)
- 们men(plural for people)
- 会huìcan; meet; meeting
- 你nǐyou
- 作zuòdo; make; work
- 但dànbut
- 从cóngfrom; follow
- 使shǐmake; use; envoy
- 全quánwhole; complete
- 两liǎngtwo (of something)
- 体tǐbody
- 什shénwhat (in 什么)
- 合héclose; fit; combine
- 代dàireplace; era
- 内nèiinside
- 信xìntrust; letter
- 化huàchange
- 位wèiposition; seat
- 任rènpost; allow
- 认rènrecognize
- 何héwhat; why
- 做zuòdo; make
- 件jiànitem; (measure word for things, clothes)
- 命mìnglife; fate; order
- 保bǎoprotect; keep
- 队duìteam; line
- 便biànconvenient; (pián) cheap
- 像xiàngresemble; image
- 住zhùlive; stay
- 传chuánpass on; (zhuàn) biography
- 今jīnnow; today
- 候hòuwait; time; season
- 令lìngorder; command
- 价jiàprice
- 似sìsimilar; seem
- 企qǐhope; enterprise
- 仅jǐnonly
- 众zhòngcrowd
- 例lìexample
- 供gōngsupply; (gòng) offer
- 依yīrely on
- 低dīlow
- 倒dǎofall; pour
- 份fènportion
- 付fùpay; hand over
- 介jièbetween; introduce
- 健jiànhealthy
- 伙huǒpartner; group
- 休xiūrest
- 闪shǎnflash; dodge
- 侧cèside
- 仙xiānimmortal
- 估gūestimate
- 仁rénkindness
- 伏fúlie face down
- 倍bèitimes; -fold
- 仔zǐyoung; careful
- 佳jiāgood; fine
- 宿sùstay overnight
- 伐fácut down; attack
- 仆púservant
- 僧sēngmonk
- 雁yànwild goose
- 囚qiúprisoner
- 侣lǚcompanion
- 仕shìserve as an official
- 僻pìremote
Words 36
- 人rénpersonHSK 1 Estimated
- 别人biérénother peopleHSK 3 Estimated
- 客人kèrénguestHSK 3 Estimated
- 人口rénkǒupopulation
- 大人dàrenadult
- 家人jiārénfamily
- 人生rénshēnglife
- 男人nánrénman
- 女人nǚrénwoman
- 好人hǎoréngood person
- 亲人qīnrénclose relatives
- 华人huárénethnic Chinese person
- 主人zhǔrénhost; owner
- 工人gōngrénworker
- 老人lǎorénelderly person
- 名人míngrénfamous person
- 个人gèrénindividual
- 人们rénmenpeople
- 诗人shīrénpoet
- 人员rényuánstaff; personnel
- 军人jūnrénsoldier
- 情人qíngrénlover
- 行人xíngrénpedestrian
- 超人chāorénSuperman; superhuman
- 新人xīnrénnewcomer; newlyweds
- 某人mǒurénsomeone
- 做人zuòrénconduct oneself
- 中国人ZhōngguórénChinese person
- 美国人MěiguórénAmerican
- 外国人wàiguórénforeigner
- 日本人RìběnrénJapanese person
- 韩国人HánguórénKorean person
- 法国人FǎguórénFrench person
- 德国人DéguórénGerman person
- 目中无人mùzhōng-wúrénarrogant; looking down on everyone
- 一鸣惊人yìmíng-jīngrénamaze everyone with a first success
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Characters with a dotted underline are not in the course yet.