man

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone script, depicting a person standing with legs spread apart.

Mnemonic: Two diagonal strokes crossing like the two legs of a standing person.

• 你nǐ🔊

  you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 但dàn🔊

  but; yet; however; still

  HSK 2

  7 strokes

• 住zhù🔊

  to live; to reside; to stay

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 作zuò🔊

  to do; to engage in

  HSK 6

  7 strokes

• 位wèi🔊

  position

  HSK 2

  7 strokes

• 低dī🔊

  low

  HSK 2

  7 strokes

• 佛fú🔊

  (female) head ornament

  HSK 6

  7 strokes

• 伯bó🔊

  father's elder brother

  7 strokes

• 何hé🔊

  what

  7 strokes

• 伴bàn🔊

  partner; companion; comrade; associate

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 估gū🔊

  to estimate

  7 strokes

• 佐zuǒ🔊

  to assist

  7 strokes

• 体tǐ🔊

  body

  7 strokes

• 佑yòu🔊

  (bound form) to bless; to protect

  7 strokes

• 余yú🔊

  extra

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 伸shēn🔊

  to stretch

  HSK 5

  7 strokes

• 伽jiā🔊

  traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"

  7 strokes

• 㑇zhòu🔊

  (old) beautiful; clever

  7 strokes

• 伭xián🔊

  (literary) cruel; ruthless

  7 strokes

• 伱nǐ🔊

  old variant of 你[ni3]

  7 strokes

• 伲nǐ🔊

  variant of 你[ni3]

  7 strokes

• 伶líng🔊

  (old) actor; actress

  7 strokes

• 伹qū🔊

  clumsy and dumb

  7 strokes

• 伺cì🔊

  used in 伺候[ci4 hou5]

  7 strokes

• 伻bēng🔊

  to cause

  7 strokes

• 伾pī🔊

  multitudinous

  7 strokes

• 佃diàn🔊

  to rent farmland from a landlord

  7 strokes

• 伫zhù🔊

  to stand for a long time (variant of 佇|伫[zhu4])

  7 strokes

• 佉Qū🔊

  surname Qu

  7 strokes

• 佗tuó🔊

  carry on the back

  7 strokes

• 佘Shé🔊

  surname She

  7 strokes

• 佚yì🔊

  (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)

  7 strokes

• 佝gōu🔊

  used in 佝僂|佝偻[gou1 lou2]

  7 strokes

• 佞nìng🔊

  to flatter

  7 strokes

• 佟Tóng🔊

  surname Tong

  7 strokes

• 佡xiān🔊

  variant of 仙, immortal

  7 strokes

• 佣yōng🔊

  to hire

  7 strokes

• 佥qiān🔊

  all

  7 strokes

• 佧kǎ🔊

  ancient name for an ethnic group in China

  7 strokes

• 𠇹jìng🔊

  (literary) to pass through

  7 strokes

• 来lái🔊

  to come

  HSK 1

  8 strokes

• 并bìng🔊

  and

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 使shǐ🔊

  to make

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 佬lǎo🔊

  male

  8 strokes

• 供gōng🔊

  to provide; to supply

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 依yī🔊

  to depend on

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 侠xiá🔊

  knight-errant

  8 strokes

• 佩pèi🔊

  girdle ornaments

  8 strokes