人道
Chinese
man; person; people | direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk | ||
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simp. and trad. (人道) |
人 | 道 | |
anagram | 道人 |
Pronunciation
Noun
人道
- humanity; humanitarianism; human sympathy
- ethics; morality; way of living
- hierarchical relationship between people in ancient Chinese feudal society
- sexual intercourse
- (literary) male genitals; penis
- (Buddhism) humanity; human realm
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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人 | 道 |
じん Grade: 1 |
どう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
From jin (人, people, mankind) + dō (道, the way of moral conduct, moral principles, morality, truth)
Compounds
Noun
人道 (hiragana にんどう, rōmaji nindō)
See also
- 六道
Desire realm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (containing the six planes of existence) Buddhism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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