仁人

Chinese

		humane; kernel	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (仁人)		仁	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénrén
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-jên²
    • Yale: rén-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renren
    • Palladius: жэньжэнь (žɛnʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: nyin nyin

Rime
Character	仁	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	如鄰切	如鄰切
Baxter	nyin	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan4	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*niŋ  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njin  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仁	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rén	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ nyin ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*niŋ/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	kind	(other) person
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仁	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10801	10800
Phonetic component	人	人
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	仁	仁
Old Chinese	/*njin/	/*njin/

Noun

仁人

1. (formal) benevolent gentleman; public-spirited person; philanthropist

Synonyms

• 仁者 (rénzhě)

Derived terms

• 仁人君子 (rénrénjūnzǐ)
• 仁人志士 (rénrénzhìshì)
• 志士仁人 (zhìshìrénrén)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仁	人
じん Grade: 6	じん Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

仁(じん)人(じん) • (jinjin) 

1. a benevolent person, a philanthropist

   Synonym: 仁者 (jinsha)