人和

Chinese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ wo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénhé
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-ho²
    • Yale: rén-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renher
    • Palladius: жэньхэ (žɛnʹxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ wo⁴
    • Yale: yàhn wòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ wo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ wo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ wɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyin hwa

Rime
Character	人	和
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	如鄰切	戸戈切
Baxter	nyin	hwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪn/	/ɦuɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵin/	/ɦuɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjen/	/ɣuɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵin/	/ɦwa/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕn/	/ɣuɑ/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕn/	/ɣuɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/	/ɣuɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rén	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan4	wo4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ni[ŋ]  [ɢ]ˤoj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njin  ɡoːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	人	和
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rén	hé
Middle Chinese	‹ nyin ›	‹ hwa ›
Old Chinese	/*ni[ŋ]/	/*[ɢ]ˁoj/
English	(other) person	harmonious
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	人	和
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	10800	4932
Phonetic component	人	禾
Rime group	眞	歌
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	仁	和
Old Chinese	/*njin/	/*ɡoːl/

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
• 天時地利人和／天时地利人和 (tiānshí dìlì rénhé)
• 政通人和 (zhèngtōngrénhé)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人和):

• → Japanese: 人(じん)和(わ) (jinwa)
• → Korean: 인화(人和) (inhwa)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Rénhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ wo^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Rénhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Rénhé
    • Wade–Giles: Jên²-ho²
    • Yale: Rén-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Renher
    • Palladius: Жэньхэ (Žɛnʹxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ wo^4-2
    • Yale: yàhn wó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ wo^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ wo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ wɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

Proper noun

人和

1. (～鎮) Renhe (a town in Baiyun district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)

Etymology 2

		man; person; people	mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
simp. and trad. (人和)		人	和
alternative forms		人胡 人糊 Cantonese
anagram		和人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ wu^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénhú
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-hu²
    • Yale: rén-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renhwu
    • Palladius: жэньху (žɛnʹxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ wu^4-2
    • Yale: yàhn wú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ wu^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ wu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ wuː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

人和

1. (mahjong) hand of man, declaring a win by a discarded tile during the first go around of play; one of the limit hands in mahjong
2. (Singapore, mahjong) hand of man, declaring a win by a discarded tile other than by the dealer during the first go around of play before the player's first turn; one of the limit hands in mahjong

Coordinate terms

• 天和 (tiānhú, “heavenly hand”)
• 地和 (dìhú, “hand of earth”)

Descendants

• Japanese: 人和 (renhō)

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

From Middle Chinese 人和 (MC nyin hwa). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じ​んわ [jíꜜǹwà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) じんわ [jìńwá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɰ̃ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

人(じん)和(わ) • (jinwa) 

1. harmony among people

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人	和
レン Grade: 1	ホー Grade: 3
irregular

From Mandarin 人和 (rénhú).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞ɰ̃ho̞ː]

Noun

人(レン)和(ホー) • (renhō) 

1. (mahjong) hand 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

• 天和(テンホー) (tenhō), 地和(チーホー) (chīhō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	和

Noun

人和 • (inhwa) (hangeul 인화)

1. Hanja form^? of 인화 (“unity; harmony”).