rén
person
Pictograph of the side view of a standing person.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Iconic component in 67 characters (67 verified)
以 年 秊 从 此 内 先 兒 及 幾 克 北 死 万 企 众 坐 負 负 竟 介 监 監 临 臨 亮 旅 鬼 兄 闪 閃 乘 寒 夹 夾 卧 臥 欠 吊 弔 兌 兑 囚 蜀 虐 羌 敖 戍 奂 奐 艮 僉 佥 㐱 冘 卬 厃 丏 夌 夃 臽 疒 皃 翏 𠩺 𡵂 𦰋
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ni[ŋ] | nyin | rén | (other) person |
Statistics
HSK level 1
Appears in 99.9519% of movies
17th most common character in movies
7th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 2 |
Unicode | U+4EBA |
Shuowen | “人，天地之性最貴者也。此籀文，象臂脛之形。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.630
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