Radical 9 or radical man () meaning "

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" is a

Kangxi radical The ''Kangxi'' radicals (), also known as ''Zihui'' radicals, are a set of 214 Chinese character radicals, radicals that were collated in the 18th-century ''Kangxi Dictionary'' to aid categorization of Chinese characters. They are primarily sor ...

. 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 (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. is also the 12th indexing component in the ''

Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components ''The Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' () is a lexicography, lexicographic tool used to order the Chinese characters in mainland China. The specification is also known as GF 0011-2009. In China's normative documents, "radical" is ...

'' predominantly adopted by

Simplified Chinese Simplification, Simplify, or Simplified may refer to: Mathematics Simplification is the process of replacing a mathematical expression by an equivalent one that is simpler (usually shorter), according to a well-founded ordering. Examples include: ...

dictionaries published in

mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...

. Two associated indexing components, and (formerly Radical 11), are affiliated to the principle indexing component .

Evolution

File:人-bronze-shang.svg, Shang bronze script character File:人-oracle.svg, Shang oracle bone script character File:人-bronze.svg,

Western Zhou The Western Zhou ( zh, c=西周, p=Xīzhōu; 771 BC) was a period of Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Zhou dynasty. It began when King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang dynasty at the Battle of Muye and ended in 77 ...

bronze script character File:人-bronze-warring.svg, Warring States bronze script character File:人-silk.svg, Chu slip script character of Warring States File:人-slip.svg, Qin slip script character of Warring States File:人-seal.svg, '' Shuowen'' script character

Derived characters

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram 人 is a

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. It is one of the

kyōiku kanji The are kanji which Japanese elementary school students should learn from first through sixth grade. Also known as , these kanji are listed on the . The table is developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT). Although t ...

or kanji taught in elementary school in

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. It is a first grade kanji.

References

Literature

* *Leyi Li: "Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases". Beijing 1993,

External links

Unihan Database - U+4EBA
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