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Kanji Detail for 仁 - "benevolence, humanity, kernel"

仁

  • Meaning

    仁 means "benevolence, humanity, kernel."

    1. Benevolence - Kindness; compassion.

    2. Humanity - Human virtue; humaneness.

    3. Kernel - The seed; the core.

  • Four-character idioms with 仁

    • 一視同仁 いっしどうじん Listen loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence
    • 寛仁大度 かんじんたいど Listen being generous, benevolent and magnanimous in disposition

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    • Verified meaning: benevolence, humanity, kernel
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつし, さとし, しとし, しのぶ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 仁

    Given names 仁(あつし)Listen 仁(さとし)Listen 仁(しのぶ)Listen 仁(じん)Listen 仁(じんこう)Listen 仁(ひさし)Listen 仁(ひとし)Listen

    Surnames 仁(しとし)Listen 仁(じんじ)Listen 仁(ただし)Listen 仁(にん)Listen 仁(ひとみ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    humanity; virtue; benevolence; charity; man; kernel

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    humaneness, benevolence, kindness

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    humane; kernel

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    benevolent, humane, kind

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The principle of being human. Those who love others selflessly are called 仁 (benevolent). | The kernel inside a fruit pit is called 仁. Such as 桃仁 (peach kernel), 杏仁 (apricot kernel). Originally written as 人. | Numbness of hands and feet, unable to move, is called 不仁.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    jin(ジン) ジン

    ni(ニ) ニ

    nin(ニン) ニン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    benevolence humanity kernel affection compassion fruit kindness charity core empathy generosity gentleness goodwill grace love mercy seed sympathy virtue

Sentences including 仁

  • There is honor even among thieves.

  • Fair words butter no parsnips.

  • Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

  • There is honor among thieves.

  • They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.

More kanji with the radical 人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

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