敬天愛人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
敬 天 愛 人
けい
Grade: 6 		てん
Grade: 1 		あい
Grade: 4 		じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語), from 敬(けい) (kei, “respect”) + 天(てん) (ten, “heaven”) + 愛(あい) (ai, “love”) + 人(じん) (jin, “man”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) けーてん・あいじん [kèétéń'àíjíń] (Heiban + Heiban – [0]-[0])
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːtẽ̞ɰ̃a̠iʑĩɴ]

Proverb

敬(けい)天(てん)愛(あい)人(じん) • (keiten'aijin) 

  1. revere heaven, love mankind
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