rén

humane

kernel

person (亻) + two (二) = the virtue between two people

Confucian thought defines 仁 as the ideal relationship between two people: empathy, care, and benevolence that flows between self and other. The kernel meaning (as in a seed's core) likely derives from the same character by metaphor — the living heart inside a fruit.

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The number twoSemantic
A personSemantic

他对每个人都很慈,大家都喜欢他。

tā duì měi gè rén dōu hěn rén cí,dà jiā dōu xǐ huān tā。

He is very humane to everyone, and everyone likes him.

这颗桃子的可以用来做药。

zhè kē táo zi de rén kě yǐ yòng lái zuò yào。

The kernel of this peach can be used to make medicine.

Words with 仁

达仁

dá rén

Daren or Tajen township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan

达仁乡

dá rén xiāng

Daren or Tajen township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan

铜仁

tóng rén

see 銅仁市|铜仁市[Tong2 ren2 Shi4]

铜仁市

tóng rén shì

Tongren, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3]

陈仁锡

chén rén xī

Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author

陈建仁

chén jiàn rén

Chen Chien-jen (1951-), Taiwanese politician, vice president of the Republic of China 2016-2020

马俊仁

mǎ jùn rén

Ma Junren (1944-), Chinese track coach

麻木不仁

má mù bù rén

numbed

一视同仁

yī shì tóng rén

to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people

不仁

bù rén

not benevolent

不成功便成仁

bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén

to succeed or die trying (idiom)

亚麻仁

yà má rén

flaxseed; linseed

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