Radical 9


Radical 9 or radical man meaning "person" is a Kangxi radical. Of the 214 radicals, Radical 9 is one of 23 which are composed of 2 strokes.
When appearing at the left side of a Chinese character, it usually transforms into.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 794 characters to be found under this radical.
人 is also the 12th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Two associated indexing components, 亻 and 入, are affiliated to the principal indexing component 人.

Evolution

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Sinogram

As an independent sinogram 人 is a Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.

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