人道

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Chinese[edit]

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[edit]


Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

人道

  1. humane; humanitarian

Derived terms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

(じん)(どう) (jindō

  1. humanity
  2. sidewalk, footpath
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

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

Noun[edit]

(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.
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References[edit]

  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

人道 (indo) (hangeul 인도)

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