仁 rén benevolent
benevolent; humane; kind
怎么记住“仁”: 亻 person + 二 two = benevolent. A person on the park bench sees two kids fight over one swing and hangs up a second one, calm and benevolent.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
仁 = 亻 person + 二 two
- 亻 person sound
- 二 two meaning
A person on the park bench sees two kids fight over one swing and hangs up a second one, calm and benevolent.
How it came to be
The person gives the sound and the two gives the meaning.
用法
- The core Confucian virtue: benevolence/humaneness: 仁慈 (réncí) kind, 仁爱 (rén'ài) compassion, 仁义 (rényì) kindness and honor.
- Also, by pun/extension, the kernel inside a shell: 杏仁 (xìngrén) almond, 花生仁 (huāshēngrén) peanut kernel.
- The virtue sense is elevated/classical; the 'kernel' sense is everyday food vocabulary.