Radical 10

儿
9 ⼈ ◄	10	► ⼊ 11
Pinyin :	rén (= human)
Zhuyin :	ㄖ ㄣ ˊ
Hiragana :	に ん に ょ う ninnyô
Kanji :	人 繞 ninnyô 人 足 hitoashi (= human foot )
Hangul :	어진 사람 eojin saram
Sinocorean :	인 in
Codepoint :	U + 513F
Stroke sequence :

The radical 10 meaning " feet " is one of 23 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with two strokes.

With 20 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is relatively rare in the lexicon. The radical has in common with the radical 9 , human, not only the pronunciation, but also the meaning. The Kangxi dictionary stipulated that the character for human 人 must take different forms in different positions:

• on the left: 亻
• below: 儿
• above: 人

The radical originally showed a child sliding down on his knees and trying to sit up. In the older form, the fontanelles are also indicated and showed a head that was open at the top. In the simplified form, only the legs are left.

Character combinations ruled by radical 10

Strokes	character
+ 00	儿
+ 01	兀
+ 02	允 兂 元
+ 03	兄
+ 04	充兆兇 先光兊 尧
+ 05	克 兌 兎 兏 児 兑
+ 06	免 兒 兓 兔 兕 兖
+ 07	兗 兘 兙
+ 08	党 兛
+ 09	兜 兝 兞
+10	兟 兠
+11	兡
+12	兢
+14	兣
+19	兤

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 10 is coded under the code point number 12.041 (U + 2F09).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 74 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 10  - Graphic representations of Radikal 10

Wiktionary: 儿  - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of radical 10 on page 13