人道

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Chinese

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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

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Noun

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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

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Adjective

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人道

  1. humane; humanitarian

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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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

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Noun

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(じん)(どう) (jindō

  1. humanity
  2. sidewalk, footpath
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

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

Noun

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(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
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References

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

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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人道 (indo) (hangeul 인도)

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