仁義

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See also: 仁义

Chinese

humane; kernel justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (仁義)
simp. (仁义)
alternative forms 仁誼仁谊

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (38) (31)
Final () (43) (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter nyin ngjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪn/ /ŋˠiᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵin/ /ŋᵚiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjen/ /ŋiɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵin/ /ŋjiə̆H/
Li
Rong
/ȵiĕn/ /ŋjeH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕn/ /ŋǐeH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯ĕn/ /ŋie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jan4 ji6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyin › ‹ ngjeH ›
Old
Chinese
/*niŋ/ /*ŋ(r)aj-s/
English kind duty; justice

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10801 13045
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njin/ /*ŋrals/

Noun

仁義

  1. benevolence and righteousness
    • 仁義是非樊然殽亂
      仁义是非樊然淆乱
      From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
      Zì wǒ guān zhī, rényì zhī duān, shìfēi zhī tú, fánrán yáoluàn, wú wū néng zhī qí biàn!
      As I look at the matter, the first principles of benevolence and righteousness and the paths of approval and disapproval are inextricably mixed and confused together - how is it possible that I should know how to discriminate among them?
    • 今人開口:「仁義所用仁義英美大砲?」然則不仁不義英美大砲
      From: 1946, letter by ​Kim Yeong'ik (金永益)
      Geumin gaegu cheop seol: "Hak inui ha soyong jae? Inui yeok neung geo Yeong-Mi daepo ya ho?" Yeonjeuk burin burui ja neung geo Yeong-Mi daepo ya ho?
      Whenever people nowadays open their mouths, they always say: "What on earth is the point of learning about benevolence and righteousness? Can benevolence and righteousness resist the British and American artillery?" Well, then, can murderous and unrighteous people resist the British and American artillery, either?
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (仁義):
  • Japanese: (じん)() (jingi)
  • Korean: 인의(仁義) (inui)

Pronunciation 2


Adjective

仁義

  1. (colloquial) good-natured

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 6

Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From (jin, benevolence) + (gi, righteousness).

Pronunciation

Noun

(じん)() (jingi

  1. humanity and justice
  2. moral code
  3. formal greeting among gamblers

Derived terms

  • 忠孝仁義 (chūkō jingi): loyalty, filial piety, humanity, and justice
  • 仁義忠孝 (jingi chūkō): humanity, justice, loyalty, and filial piety
  • 仁義道徳 (jingi dōtoku): humanity and justice
  • 仁義礼智信 (jingireichishin): the 5 Confucian virtues

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN