Where the shape comes from
A person seen from the side: a stooping torso with two legs stepping forward. Pressed against the left edge of a character it thins into 亻, the "standing person" form, which marks words about people, their roles and what they do — 你, 他, 们, 住.
汉字 filed under 人
- 人rén (second tone, rising)person, human being; people2
- 他tā (first tone, high and level)he, him; his; (in the plural 他们) they, including groups of mixed or unstated gender5
- 们們men (neutral tone)the plural suffix for pronouns and for nouns denoting people: 我们, 你们, 他们, 朋友们5
- 会會huì (fourth tone, falling) kuài (fourth tone, falling)to know how to, to be able to (through learning); to be likely to, will; a meeting, a gathering, an association; (kuài) only in 会计, accounting6
- 住zhù (fourth tone, falling)to live, to dwell, to stay; to stop, to halt; (as a verb complement) firmly, fast7
- 你nǐ (third tone, dipping)you (one person)7
- 借jiè (fourth tone, falling)to borrow; to lend; to make use of, to take (an opportunity)10