仁政

Chinese

		humane; kernel	political; politics; government
simp. and trad. (仁政)		仁	政

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ zing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-chêng⁴
    • Yale: rén-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renjenq
    • Palladius: жэньчжэн (žɛnʹčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ zing³
    • Yale: yàhn jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: nyin tsyengH

Rime
Character	仁	政
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	如鄰切	之盛切
Baxter	nyin	tsyengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/	/t͡ɕiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/	/t͡ɕiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/	/ciajŋH/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/	/t͡ɕĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén	zhèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan4	zing3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*niŋ  teŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njin  tjeŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仁	政
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rén	zhèng
Middle Chinese	‹ nyin ›	‹ tsyengH ›
Old Chinese	/*niŋ/	/*teŋ-s/
English	kind	government
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仁	政
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10801	17177
Phonetic component	人	正
Rime group	眞	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	仁	政
Old Chinese	/*njin/	/*tjeŋs/

Noun

仁政

1. benevolent government; humane policy; humane governance

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仁政):

• → Japanese: 仁政(じんせい) (jinsei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仁	政
じん Grade: 6	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 仁政 (ȵiɪn t͡ɕiᴇŋ^H).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じんせー [jìńséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

仁(じん)政(せい) • (jinsei) 

1. benevolent rule