人道

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Chinese

man; person; people
direction; way; method
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
 
trad. (人道)
simp. #(人道)
anagram 道人

Pronunciation


Noun

人道

  1. humanity; humanitarianism; human sympathy
  2. ethics; morality; way of living
  3. hierarchical relationship between people in ancient Chinese feudal society
  4. sexual intercourse
  5. (literary) male genitals; penis
  6. (Buddhism) humanity; human realm

Synonyms

Adjective

人道

  1. humane; humanitarian

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From jin (, people, mankind) + (, the way of moral conduct, moral principles, morality, truth).

Pronunciation

Noun

(じん)(どう) (jindō

  1. humanity
  2. sidewalk, footpath
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From nin (, people, mankind) + (, plane of existence).

Noun

(にん)(どう) (nindō

  1. (Buddhism) Life as a human: one of the six planes or domains of existence in the cycle of samsara.
See also

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

人道 (indo) (hangeul 인도)

  1. hanja form? of 인도 (humanity; sidewalk, footpath)