man | person | people
Pictogram. In the Oracle Bone Script, Bronze Script and Small Seal Script, it depicts a person harvesting with both hands (people working in farm). In the Regular Script, it depicts a man standing in upright posture.
Chinese characters with the radical 人 include: gè-个-single, cóng-从-follow, zhòng-众-everyone, etc.
Chinese characters with the radical 亻 include: tā-他-he，mén-们-(plural marker)，dài-代-generation，etc.
人，象形字，甲骨文、金文和小篆的字形像双手采摘的人（在地里劳动的人）。楷书的字形像分开双腿站立的人。
“人”是汉字部首之一，用人字旁 的汉字有：个、从、众等。用单人旁 (亻)的汉字有：他、们、代等。
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