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仁

humanity
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingジン、ニ、ニン
JōyōGrade 6KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. humanityRtK
    巧言令色少なし仁。Fair words butter no parsnips.tatoeba
    盗人にも仁義。There is honor even among thieves.tatoeba
  2. virtue
    あいつは口ばかりで、誠意がないね。巧言令色少なし仁とはよくいったもんだ。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.tatoeba
  3. benevolence
  4. charity
  5. man
  6. kernel
  1. benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism)
  2. consideration
  3. compassion

Homonyms

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Same reading (じん)
人 · -ian (e.g. Italian)

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · two (二)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1063

Compound words

仁義じんぎ
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
仁王におう
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
杏仁きょうにん
apricot seed
核仁かくじん
nucleolus
親仁おやじ
one's father
仁愛じんあい
benevolence
仁侠にんきょう
chivalry
仁恕じんじょ
benevolence
仁智じんち
benevolence and wisdom
亜麻仁あまに
flaxseed
仁王門におうもん
Deva gate
仁王力におうりき
Herculean strength
朴念仁ぼくねんじん
quiet unsociable person
薏苡仁よくいにん
coix seed (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
亜麻仁油あまにゆ
linseed oil
一視同仁いっしどうじん
loving every human being with impartiality
小阿仁千鳥こあにちどり
Amitostigma kinoshitae (species of orchid)
仁義礼智信じんぎれいちしん
the five Confucian virtues (benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom, and sincerity)
仁王般若波羅蜜經にんのうはんにゃはらみつきょう
Humane King Sutra

Additional Examples

巧言令色少なし仁。
Fair words butter no parsnips.tatoeba

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 仁

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step