Small Seal		Classical Script

Original meaning: Person

is a variation of . It is used in conjunction with other components to form a complex character. In the right-left configuration , it occupies the left side. For example, the complex character , consists of two concepts, person and two. Thus the relationship that binds two people, and more profoundly, it implies the virtue that unites one person to another. Such virtue of affinity in mankind is the central philosophy of the great sage, Confucius. His teachings exerted a profound influence on the Chinese.