U+2EA0 "⺠" CJK Radical Civilian Unicode Character

U+2EA0 "⺠" CJK Radical Civilian is the Kangxi radical for "civilian" or "people," derived from the traditional form of the character 民 (mín). It functions as a component in complex Chinese characters, often conveying meanings related to commoners, society, or servitude, and is found in ideographs such as 氓 (máng, "common people") and 眠 (mián, "sleep," by extension from the idea of a subject's rest). As a radical, it typically appears on the left side of a character and retains its historical calligraphic shape, reflecting its origins in ancient script where it depicted an enslaved or blind person, symbolizing submission to authority. This radical remains an essential part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) character system, used in both traditional and simplified writing.