honesty – 正直 [jeongjik]
Etymology
正 (정) [jeong] – straight, upright, correct;
直 (직) [jik] – straight;
Fragments
How do we describe a person who lives in accordance with the law? Do we say he is arrogant? No, we say he or she is as an honest person. The Korean word for honesty (jeongjik) is composed of two Chinese characters, 正 meaning “right” and 直 meaning “straight.” The law establishes what is straight. With the law we separate good from evil and distinguish between right and wrong.
Sun Myung Moon (37:112, 23.12.1970)
noun (명사), sino-korean