rén

humaneness

Depicts a kind relationship between two () people (). also represents the sound.

Components
亻 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

二 meaning component

  Meaning component

èr

  

two

Used here to represent the concept of two people.

Evolution

仁 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
仁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
仁 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
仁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

rén

humaneness, benevolence, kindness; humane; kernel

Most common words with 仁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

humane

仁慈

benevolent

杏仁

almond

果仁

fruit kernel

同仁

Tongren county in Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huáng​nán​Zàng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Qinghai