人和

Chinese

man; person; people
 
mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
simp. and trad.
(人和)		 人 和

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

人和

  1. (literary) harmony among people; unity of people
Derived terms
  • 地利人和
  • 天時不如地利，地利不如人和／天时不如地利，地利不如人和

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 人和 – see 人胡 (““heavenly hand”, one of the limit hands in mahjong”).
(This term, 人和, is a variant form of 人胡.)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
人 和
じん
Grade: 1		 わ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

人和 (hiragana じんわ, rōmaji jinwa)

  1. harmony among people

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人 和
れん
Grade: 1		 ほう
Grade: 3
Irregular

Borrowed from Mandarin 人和 (rénhé).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [ɾẽ̞ɰ̃ho̞ː]

Noun

人和 (katakana レンホー, katakana レンホウ, rōmaji renhō, alternative reading リェンホー, rōmaji ryenhō)

  1. (mahjong) blessing of man: win by discard on the first go-around of play; depending on the rules, it can be worth 役満 (yakuman, “limit”), 倍満 (baiman), 満貫 (mangan), or any other number of points

Coordinate terms

  • 天 (テン)和 (ホー) (tenhō), 地 (チー)和 (ホー) (chīhō)

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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