Chinese name syllable
Syllable Jen
- 仁humane; benevolence; kindness
- 人person; people
- Letters
- 3
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- J
- Character options
- 2
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters仁人
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Jen in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Jen is a Chinese name syllable from Mandarin pronunciation; its meaning depends on the character chosen, such as 仁 (humane) or 人 (person).
Possible characters for Jen
- 仁
humane; benevolence; kindness
Mandarin rén (Wade–Giles jen)
attested
- 人
person; people
Mandarin rén (Wade–Giles jen)
One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.
About the name Jen
Jen is the Wade–Giles spelling of the Mandarin reading rén. The character 仁 (benevolence, humaneness) is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling, and 人 (person) is also read rén. In Cantonese these characters are read jan and usually spelled Yan. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Chinese names with the syllable Jen
Sources
- Wiktionary: 仁 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 人 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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