What is the 亻 component in Chinese characters?

亻 (rén) is a Chinese character component associated here with “person”. It appears in 281 indexed related characters and is taught as a Meaning clue.

Is 亻 a radical or a component?

亻 serves as both a component used for learning patterns and a radical used for dictionary indexing. This page focuses on the learning pattern; the linked radical page focuses on lookup.

亻 Component — Meaning, Pattern and Related Characters

A repeatable reading move

How to use 亻

Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.

1

Spot 亻

Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.

2

Use the meaning clue

Use 亻 to guess the broad meaning area: person.

3

Check what changes

Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.

Shared clue亻Meaning clue

Read the pattern before memorizing the list

When 亻 stands on the left, first ask what person, role, or human action the character may describe.

The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.

Compare the family

What stays the same, what changes?

These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 亻.

你=

亻+尔

nǐHSK 3.0 · L1

you

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他=

亻+也

tāHSK 3.0 · L1

other, another

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做=

亻+故

zuòHSK 3.0 · L1

to work, to make

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但=

亻+旦

dànHSK 3.0 · L2

only

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像=

亻+象

xiàngHSK 3.0 · L3

picture, image, figure

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位=

亻+立

wèiHSK 3.0 · L2

seat, throne

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住=

亻+主

zhùHSK 3.0 · L1

to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge

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件=

亻+牛

jiànHSK 3.0 · L1

item, matter

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使=

亻+吏

shǐHSK 3.0 · L4

cause, mission, orders

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信=

亻+言

xìnHSK 3.0 · L3

to trust, to believe

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们=

亻+门

menHSK 3.0 · L1

plural marker for pronouns and some nouns

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作=

亻+乍

zuò

to make

Study character

Additional indexed matches

Some matches have only a partial visual index. Open a character to see whether a complete decomposition is available; partial data is never shown as an equation.