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.

• 侹tǐng🔊

  (literary) level and straight

  8 strokes

• 𠈌yú🔊

  old variant of 虞[yu2]

  8 strokes

• 俩liǎ🔊

  two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个)

  HSK 4

  9 strokes

• 信xìn🔊

  letter

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 便biàn🔊

  plain

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 修xiū🔊

  variant of 修[xiu1]

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 系xì🔊

  system

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 保bǎo🔊

  to defend; to protect; to keep

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 俊jùn🔊

  old variant of 俊[jun4]

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 俄é🔊

  suddenly

  9 strokes

• 侯hóu🔊

  marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]

  9 strokes

• 俞yú🔊

  yes (used by Emperor or ruler)

  9 strokes

• 俏qiào🔊

  good-looking

  9 strokes

• 俘fú🔊

  to take prisoner

  9 strokes

• 俗sú🔊

  custom

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 侮wǔ🔊

  to insult

  9 strokes

• 侴Chǒu🔊

  surname Chou

  9 strokes

• 侵qīn🔊

  to invade

  9 strokes

• 侽nán🔊

  old variant of 男[nan2]

  9 strokes

• 俣yǔ🔊

  big

  9 strokes

• 促cù🔊

  (bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid

  9 strokes

• 俅qiú🔊

  ornamental cap

  9 strokes

• 俉wú🔊

  used in 逢俉[feng2 wu2]

  9 strokes

• 俍liáng🔊

  (literary) to be good at; to be expert in

  9 strokes

• 俎zǔ🔊

  a stand for food at sacrifice

  9 strokes

• 俐lì🔊

  used in 伶俐[ling2 li4]

  9 strokes

• 俑yǒng🔊

  wooden figures buried with the dead

  9 strokes

• 伣qiàn🔊

  (old) like

  9 strokes

• 俚lǐ🔊

  rustic

  9 strokes

• 俛miǎn🔊

  to exhort

  9 strokes

• 俜pīng🔊

  used in 伶俜[ling2 ping1]

  9 strokes

• 俟qí🔊

  used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]

  9 strokes

• 俤dì🔊

  variant of 弟[di4]

  9 strokes

• 俦chóu🔊

  comrades

  9 strokes

• 俨yǎn🔊

  majestic

  9 strokes

• 俪lì🔊

  husband and wife

  9 strokes

• 俭jiǎn🔊

  (bound form) frugal; thrifty

  9 strokes

• 个gè🔊

  HSK 1

  10 strokes

• 们men🔊

  plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

  HSK 1

  10 strokes

• 倒dào🔊

  to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 借jiè🔊

  variant of 借[jie4]

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 值zhí🔊

  value

  HSK 3

  10 strokes

• 倍bèi🔊

  (two, three etc) -fold

  HSK 4

  10 strokes

• 俺ǎn🔊

  I (northern dialects)

  10 strokes

• 俱jù🔊

  (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception

  10 strokes

• 债zhài🔊

  debt

  HSK 6

  10 strokes

• 仓cāng🔊

  barn

  10 strokes

• 伦lún🔊

  human relationship

  10 strokes