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Is Japanese に (pronounced as "ni") related to the [Chinese character 仁
(pronounced as "ren" in Chinese
mandarin)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_\(Confucianism\))?

Does the に have the root from the Chinese character 仁?

They both sound similar and look very similar.
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Is Japanese に related to the Chinese character 仁?
Yes, the _kana_ に is derived from the Chinese character ([漢字]{かんじ}, _kanji_ )
仁. See also [the English Wiktionary
page](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%AB#Japanese) and [the Japanese
Wikipedia page](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AB), among other
references.

All _kana_ derived from _kanji_. In fact, the word _kana_ originally meant
something like "provisional / borrowed + name / label" (from older _kari na_
or 仮り名), in reference to the way that the kanji were _borrowed_ and then used
as _labels_ for the sounds of Japanese.
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