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人道

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
simp. and trad.
(人道) 		人 道
anagram 道人

Adjective

人道

  1. humane
  2. humanitarian

Derived terms

Noun

人道

  1. (Buddhism) humanity; human realm
  2. ethics; morality
  3. human sympathy
  4. sexual intercourse

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
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)

Noun

人道 ‎(hiragana じんどう, romaji jindō)

  1. humanity
  2. sidewalk, footpath
Compounds

Etymology 2

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

From nin (人, people, mankind) + dō (道, plane of existence)

Noun

人道 ‎(hiragana にんどう, romaji nindō)

  1. (Buddhism) Life as a human: one of the six planes or domains of existence in the cycle of samsara.
See also

Korean

Hanja in this term
人 道

Noun

人道 • ‎(indo) ‎(hangeul 인도)

  1. Hanja form? of 인도, “humanity; sidewalk, footpath”.

Pronunciation

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