仁

音読おんよみ: ジン・ニ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 4

部首ぶしゅ: にんべん(亻)

Meaning

Benevolence / Humanity / Compassion

  • 仁義じんぎ — morality and justice
  • 仁愛じんあい — humanity; benevolence
  • 温仁おんじん — gentleness and benevolence
  • 仁徳じんとく — benevolent virtue

仁 combines the person radical (亻) with 二 (two), often interpreted as the bond “between people.” In Confucian thought it denotes the highest moral virtue—empathy, kindness, and humane conduct toward others.

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