単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#13,951 most used

仁義

じんぎ1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

humanity and justice

ITS KANJI

仁humanityread じん here1 word ›義justiceread ぎ here10 words ›

IN A SENTENCE

People long ago valued humanity and justice above all.

written for Tangoya

MEANINGS

1

humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

duty

noun

3

formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.)

noun

4

(gang's) moral code

noun

SOUNDS THE SAME

神器sacred treasureじんぎ · not in tangoya
神祇gods of heaven and earthじんぎ · not in tangoya

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#13,951 most used

Written仁義 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium