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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
character · TOCFL 1 (est.)
ㄖㄣˊ · rén
noun — person, human

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a person in profile — body and arm, leg in stride
A person drawn side-on: the left stroke is body and hanging arm, the right stroke the leg in stride. As a component it narrows into 亻 at the left of 你、他、作. Two strokes for the word everything else orbits.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一個人側著身走過去,手臂垂著,步子跨得開。
A figure passes in profile — arm hanging, stride open.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)人、人類— a person; humankind常用
人們、別人— people; others
為人、人品— one's character — how one is as a person
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension