日本語
Kanji
N1 4 strokes Grade 6 freq #1332

humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

person hito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
(Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit
coix seed (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
mashiningan; traditional Chinese medicine prescribed as a laxative
apricot kernel oil; apricot oil
scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum)
Kōnin-Jōgan period (of Japanese art history; approx. 794-894 CE)
largescale blackfish (Girella punctata)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
imposing stance; daunting pose
to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not
those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion

Example sentences

Fair words butter no parsnips.

There is honor among thieves.

They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.