Sinograph Addenda · Signs
humane
| Name | humane |
|---|---|
| Reads | rén |
| Means | humane; humaneness, the Confucian virtue |
| Taught in | 03 · The master says |
Where it comes from
A person beside two: what holds between two people — the received account of the deepest virtue in the Confucian world. It says the same syllable as 人, and the classics lean on the pun on purpose: humaneness is being-a-person. Taught in the master’s chapter.
How to remember it
One person, then the number two: it takes two people for humane to mean anything. The character is an ethics lecture in five strokes.
In the wild
urn:nabu:kanripo:KR1h0004:006:30a · license: attribution.