Radical 1 de 20 · へん · esquerda

亻にんべん: pessoa

People: what they are, what they do, and the roles they play.

Encabeça 53 dos 1026 kanji ensinados no ensino fundamental japonês.

字源 · POR QUE ESSA FORMA

De um desenho a 亻

Formas antigas: um exemplo documentado de cada, do Ancient Chinese characters project no Wikimedia Commons (domínio público). As formas variavam muito conforme a época e o lugar. Toque numa imagem para ver a fonte.

1. The picture
A person seen from the side, standing and leaning slightly forward. The two strokes are the body and the legs.
2. Squeezed to the left
When 人 moves to the left side of a kanji it has to get thin. The leaning stroke stays, and the second stroke stands straight up. That narrow person is 亻.

As origens seguem as explicações mais ensinadas. Quando os especialistas discordam, dizemos isso.

Do que a família trata

People: what they are, what they do, and the roles they play.

休rest
体body
住dwell
作make

Quando a pista falha

On top of a kanji the same radical is spread out as a little roof (今, 会). There the meaning link is weak.

今now
会meeting

A família de 亻, ano por ano

Todos os kanji do ensino fundamental classificados sob 亻. Toque num para ver o significado (em inglês).

1º ano小1 · 2

人
person
休
rest, day off

2º ano小2 · 5

会
meeting, meet
今
now
体
body, substance
作
make, production
何
what

3º ano小3 · 7

代
substitute, change
使
use, send on a mission
係
person in charge, connection
住
dwell, reside
仕
attend, doing
他
other, another
倍
double, twice

4º ano小4 · 18

以
by means of, because
信
faith, truth
側
side, lean
位
rank, grade
付
adhere, attach
例
example, custom
伝
transmit, go along
働
work, (kokuji)
低
lower, short
佐
assistant, help
候
climate, season
健
healthy, health
億
hundred million, 10**8
便
convenience, facility
令
orders, laws
仲
go-between, relationship
借
borrow, rent
倉
godown, warehouse

5º ano小5 · 14

保
protect, guarantee
件
affair, case
任
responsibility, duty
価
value, price
備
equip, provision
個
individual, counter for articles
修
discipline, conduct oneself well
余
too much, myself
停
halt, stopping
仏
Buddha, the dead
像
statue, picture
似
becoming, resemble
仮
sham, temporary
舎
cottage, inn

6º ano小6 · 7

供
submit, offer
優
tenderness, excel
値
price, cost
傷
wound, hurt
俳
haiku, actor
仁
humanity, virtue
俵
bag, bale