Definify.com

Definition 2024


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)
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
じん
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From jin (, people, mankind) + (, 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
にん
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From nin (, people, mankind) + (, 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

Noun

人道 (indo) (hangeul 인도)

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