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rén
radical variant

Meanings

  1. 1 person on top radical (variant of 人)
  2. 2 top form of the person radical, Kangxi #9

Tips

usage
This roof-like person sits at the top of characters such as 今 (now), 介 (between), 全 (whole). The two strokes splay out like a tent, sheltering whatever sits beneath. Treat it as the same person radical as 人/亻 - just relocated above and flattened to act as a lid.
history
Exact origin uncertain as a separate codepoint - it is essentially 人 redrawn with widened legs to function as a top cap in stacked compounds. Most font systems and dictionaries don't index it separately; it's encoded for CJK structural analysis rather than for direct reading.
usage
Common chars where this top form appears: 今 (now), 会 (meet/can), 合 (together), 全 (whole), 命 (life), 介 (between). The tent shape sitting above is the visual cue.

Radical

Person Kangxi #9

One of the most productive radicals in the language. Marks characters about people, social roles, and human action - 你, 他, 们, 来, 仁, 休, 信. The compressed left-side form 亻 dominates in compounds; the standalone 人 keeps its full pictographic stride.

Forms
人 rén
Default 24 characters
亻 dānrénpáng
Left 208 characters
𠆢 rén
Top 0 characters