仁

See also 忈

Translingual

Han character

仁 (radical 9 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人一一 (OMM), four-corner 2121₀, composition ⿰亻二)

1. humaneness, benevolence, kindness . The ideograph shows man connecting heaven and earth.

Descendants

• に
• ニ

References

• KangXi: page 91, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 349
• Dae Jaweon: page 193, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 107, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4EC1

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Cantonese

Hanzi

仁 (Yale yan4)

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Japanese

Kanji

仁 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: じん (jin), に (ni), にん (nin)
• Nanori: きみ (kimi), く (ku), さと (sato), しのぶ (shinobu), じ (ji), と (to), のり (nori), ひと (hito), ひとし (hitoshi), ひろ (hiro), ひろし (hiroshi), まこと (makoto), まさ (masa), まさし (masashi), やす (yasu), よし (yoshi)

Compounds

• 仁王 (niō): the two guardian Deva kings
• 仁義 (jingi): humanity and justice
• 仁愛 (jin'ai): benevolence, charity
• 仁術 (jinjutsu): benevolence act
• 仁義礼智信 (jingireichishin): the 5 Confucian virtues
• 仁徳 (jintoku): benevolence, goodness

Proper noun

仁 (hiragana ひとし, romaji Hitoshi)

1. A male given name

仁 (hiragana じん, romaji Jin)

1. A male given name

仁 (hiragana まさし, romaji Masashi)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

仁 (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune-Reischauer in)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

仁 (pinyin jìn (jin4), rén (ren2), Wade-Giles chin⁴, jen²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

仁 (njin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

仁 (nhân, nhơn)

References

• Nom Foundation