にん
人
げん
間
ばん
万
じ
事
さい
塞
おう
翁
　
が
うま
馬

expression

Proverb.
  1. inscrutable are the ways of heaven, fortune is unpredictable and changeable.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
にん
人
げん
間
ばん
万
じ
事
さい
塞
おう
翁
　
が
うま
馬
 人間万事塞翁が馬 にんげんばんじさいおうがうま
じん
人
かん
間
ばん
万
じ
事
さい
塞
おう
翁
　
が
うま
馬
 人間万事塞翁が馬 じんかんばんじさいおうがうま

Contained Kanji Breakdown

person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
interval, space
ま　カン　ケン (2nd, N5)
gate, counter for cannons
モン　かど　と (2nd, N2)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン　マン　よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
matter, thing, fact
ジ　こと　ズ (3rd, N4)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
snout, hand
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
close, shut, cover
サイ　ふさ.ぐ　ソク (11th)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
together, both, neither
とも　キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
venerable old man
オウ　おきな　お (9th, N1)
public, prince, official
コウ　おおやけ　ク (2nd, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
はね　は　ば (2nd, N2)
learn(習) variant
hooked enclosure
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ　こおり (Kentei 1)
horse
ま　バ　うま (2nd, N3)
three
サン　み　みっ.つ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ