4 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N1

humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel

On'yomi
  • benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism) ②human ③kernel ④nucleolus
  • ニン
    benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism) ②human ③kernel ④nucleolus
Nanori
  • きみ
  • さと
  • しのぶ
  • のり
  • ひと
  • ひとし
  • ひろ
  • まさ
  • まさし
  • やす
  • よし

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Variants

Reading Commonality

ひとし 53.6%
ジン 29.2%
11.6%
ニン 5.4%
0.2%

Character Breakdown

humanity, virtue, benevolence
ひとし ジン ニ (6th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism) ②human ③kernel ④nucleolus
two Deva kings
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism) ②duty ③formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.) ④(gang's) moral code
quiet unsociable person ②obstinate person
kind-hearted
the path that one should follow as a human being
(Chinese-style) almond jelly
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References

Unicode hex code 4EC1
JIS X 0208 1-31-46
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Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 917
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Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1879
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 56
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 997
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a2.8
Four corner code 2121.0
De Roo Code 2172