Kanji

仁

humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

4 strokes

Radical

人部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ジン, ニ, ニン

Nanori (Name Reading)

きみ, きん, さと, さね, しのぶ, ただし, と, とよ, にん, のぶ, のり, ひさし, ひと, ひとし, ひろし, まさ, まさし, み, めぐみ, めぐむ, やすし, よし

Common Readings

ジン, ニ

Example sentences

仁王立ち におうだち
先生は教室の前で仁王立ちになった。

The teacher stood imposingly at the front of the classroom.

仁 じん
彼は仁の徳を重んじる政治家だ。

He is a politician who values the virtue of benevolence.

仁王 におう
古い寺の門には、二体の仁王が力強く立っている。

At the old temple gate, two guardian statues stand powerfully.

阿形 あぎょう
寺の門の左右には、阿形と吽形の仁王像が立っている。

On the left and right of the temple gate stand the Agyo and Ungyo Nio statues.

Example Vocabulary

仁王立ち

におうだち

standing firm and imposing; planting oneself like a guardian statue

御仁

ごじん

仁義

じんぎ

朴念仁

ぼくねんじん

仁

じん

benevolence; humanity; compassion

仁王立ちになる

におうだちになる

仁王

におう

Buddhist guardian statue; fierce temple gate guardian

杏仁豆腐

あんにんどうふ

仁君

じんくん

応仁の乱

おうにんのらん

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