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EntryCommonWaniKani 41

  1. Noun

    humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue

    盗人にも仁義。
    There is honor even among thieves.

  2. duty

  3. formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.)

    perhaps derived from 辞儀see 辞儀see じんぎ・1see 仁義を切る

  4. (gang's) moral code

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Characters in this word

2
仁
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel

On
ジンニニン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1332 of 2500
Radical
人 person
WaniKani
Level 41

Built from

化二

Used in names as

きみくさとしのぶじとのりひとひとしひろまさまさしやすよし

Words starting with 仁Words ending in 仁Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-2-2SKIP code
2a2.8The Kanji Dictionary
2121.0Four corner code
2172deroo
4ec1Unicode hex code
1-31-46JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
349Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
110New Nelson (John Haig)
20New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
21Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
11Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
11Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
988Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1063Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1346A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
57Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
829Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
349Morohashi
906A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1619Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1727Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
820sakade
1035Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
917henshall3
832Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1879Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
56Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
997Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ren2Pinyin reading
inKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
41WaniKani level
義
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning

On
ギ
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
415 of 2500
Radical
羊 sheep
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

一王并羊亅戈手

Used in names as

ただしちかのりよし

Words starting with 義Words ending in 義Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-10, 2-2-11, 2-6-7SKIP code
2o11.3The Kanji Dictionary
8055.3Four corner code
959deroo
7fa9Unicode hex code
1-21-33JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3668Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4668New Nelson (John Haig)
2338New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2948Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1514Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2052Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
641Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
691Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
287A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1975Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
244Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28504Morohashi
645A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
291Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
291Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
580sakade
1658Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
674henshall3
771Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
62crowley
493Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1568Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
648Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi4Pinyin reading
euiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level