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仁

JLPT N1 · 4 strokes

The kanji 仁 — “benevolence, humanity”

仁 means benevolence, humanity and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 4 strokes and uses the person (side form) radical (亻).

Stroke order · 4 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): ジン、ニ
Kun'yomi (訓読み): —
Radical: 亻 · person (side form)
Strokes: 4

How to remember 仁

Person (亻) plus two (二) — the goodwill between two people is humanity itself. Confucius's favorite kanji.

Example words with 仁

On'yomi readings

仁じんbenevolence, humaneness

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