人格 (rén gé) — personality; integrity; dignity

Definition

人格 covers three ideas: personality (性格), moral integrity (人品, 骨气), and personal dignity (尊严). 性格 is everyday for temperament; 人格 is more formal and adds the 'moral character / dignity' sense.

noun
personalityintegritydignity

Examples

  • 人格
    Tā de rén gé hěn yǒu mèi lì, dà jiā dōu xǐ huan hé tā xiāng chǔ.
    His personality is very charming; everyone likes to get along with him.
  • Zuò rén yào yǒu rén gé, bù néng wèi le lì yì bèi pàn péng you.
    As a person, one must have integrity; you can't betray friends for profit.
  • 人格
    Wú lùn yù dào shén me kùn nan, miàn duì shén me kùn nan, dōu yào bǎo chí zì jǐ de rén gé.
    No matter what difficulties you face, you must maintain your dignity.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

rénperson
character

人 person plus 格 character gives a person's moral standing or dignity.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
Same sound today

格 is built from 木 (wood) on the left and 各 on the right, which gives the sound.

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