人間

See also: 人间

Chinese

man; person; people
 
interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (人間)
simp. (人间)

Pronunciation


Noun

人間

  1. the human world; the world of mortals

Synonyms

Derived terms


Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: 1
けん > げん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

人間 (hiragana にんげん, rōmaji ningen)

  1. human, person, human being
     (にん) (げん)社会 (しゃかい)
    ningen shakai
    human society
  2. personality, character
  3. (Buddhism) literally meaning: "human society", referring to one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology.

See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 1
かん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

人間 (hiragana じんかん, rōmaji jinkan)

  1. (archaic) the world in which people live; the world, society

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

人間 (hiragana ひとま, rōmaji hitoma)

  1. a place devoid of people

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

人間 (in-gan) (hangeul 인간)

  1. Hanja form? of 인간 (people, humanity).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

人間

  1. Hán tự form of nhân gian (humanity; mankind).
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