亻
dān rén páng
Put a person beside a character and it turns human
The picture A person standing sideways against the left edge of the character. 亻 is a person standing beside a character, 人 is a person standing alone on two legs.
Where the picture shows up in 亻
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that person beside you
他是我的新同事。
tā shì wǒ de xīn tóngshì
He is my new coworker.
One more person standing shoulder to shoulder with the speaker
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one person becomes many
同学们都已经到了。
tóngxuémen dōu yǐjīng dào le
My classmates have all arrived already.
Copies of the same figure lining up in a row behind the first one
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a person settles in a place
我住在三楼。
wǒ zhù zài sān lóu
I live on the third floor.
A person stepping into a corner of a room, putting the bag down and staying
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a person moves their hands
他在工厂里工作。
tā zài gōngchǎng lǐ gōngzuò
He works in a factory.
A person standing at a machine repeating the same motion
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a person leans on a tree
中午休息一个小时。
zhōngwǔ xiūxi yí gè xiǎoshí
We take an hour off at noon.
A walker stopping beside a tree, leaning on it and catching his breath
All of it in one picture
亻 is one person standing next to a character. Point at that person and you get "he"; line up more of the same person behind him and you get a plural. Walk him into a room and set his bag down, and it means to live there; stand him at a machine moving his hands, and it means to work. Stop him beside a tree to lean on it, and it means to rest.