Ancient carved pictogram that became 亻

THE RADICAL SHED

The person radical

Radical · people and what they do

亻

A person standing sideways. Spot it and a human is involved.

14 of the 115 characters that carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

作B1
工作gōngzuòto work; job工作日gōngzuòrìworkday; weekday作业zuòyèhomework; school assignment动作dòngzuòmovement; action
件B1
件jiànmeasure word for things, events and clothe邮件yóujiànmail; email条件tiáojiàncondition文件wénjiàndocument
便B1
便宜piányicheap; inexpensive方便fāngbiànconvenient; handy方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles便于biànyúconvenient for; easy to
住B1
住zhùto live; to reside住院zhùyuànto be hospitalized入住rùzhùto check in居住jūzhùto reside
候B1
时候shíhoutime; moment小时候xiǎoshíhouchildhood; in one's childhood气候qìhòuclimate等候děnghòuto wait
休B1
休息xiūxito rest; rest休假xiūjiàto take a vacation; to take leave退休tuìxiūto retire休闲xiūxiánleisure
做B1
做zuòto make; to do做饭zuò fànto cook; to prepare a meal做客zuòkèto be a guest做法zuòfǎway (of doing sth); method; recipe
们B1
们menplural suffix for pronouns and human nouns你们nǐmenyou; you all他们tāmenthey; them它们tāmenthey; them for things
他B1
他tāhe; him他们tāmenthey; them其他qítāother; the rest他人tārénanother person; others; other people
你B1
你nǐyou你好nǐ hǎohello你们nǐmenyou; you all
什B1
什么shénmewhat为什么wèi shénmewhy
体B2
身体shēntǐbody; health体育tǐyùsports; physical education体育馆tǐyùguǎngym; gymnasium体检tǐjiǎnto have a medical checkup; physical examin
位B2
位wèimeasure word for people (polite); position车位chēwèiparking spot单位dānwèiworkplace; employer; unit各位gèwèieverybody; all of you
但B2
但dànbut; yet但是dànshìbut; however不但búdànnot only但愿dànyuànif only
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