仁

Meaning

仁 centers on the ideal of humaneness: the virtue of compassion, benevolence, and charity that defines a good person. The 'kernel' sense is a specialized extension referring to the inner seed or core of something, like a fruit pit.

• 仁じん

  benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; compassion; humanity; charity

• 仁義じんぎ

  humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue

• 仁川インチョン

  Incheon (South Korea); Inchon

• 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; apricot kernel

• 仁王立ちにおうだち

  imposing stance; daunting pose

• 御仁ごじん

  personage; person (deserving of respect)

• 応仁おうにん

  Ōnin era (1467.3.5-1469.4.28)

• 仁徳じんとく

  benevolence; goodness

• 亜麻仁あまに

  flaxseed; linseed

• 仁愛じんあい

  benevolence; charity; love

• 寛仁かんじん

  magnanimous

• 寛仁かんにん

  Kannin era (1017.4.23-1021.2.2)

• 仁王門におうもん

  Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio

• 仁丹じんたん

  Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties); refreshing candies resembling BBs or metallic dragees

• 朴念仁ぼくねんじん

  quiet unsociable person

• 仁平にんぺい

  Ninpei era (1151.1.26-1154.10.28)

• 一視同仁いっしどうじん

  loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence

• 不仁ふじん

  heartlessness; inhumanity

• 亜麻仁油あまにゆ

  linseed oil; flaxseed oil

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