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Kanji Detail for 恩 - "grace, blessing, gratitude"

恩

  • Meaning

    恩 means "grace, blessing, gratitude."

    1. Grace - Favor and kindness; benevolent care.

    2. Blessing - A gift of goodness; divine favor.

    3. Gratitude - Thankfulness for kindness received.

  • Words using 恩

    • 恩恵 おんけい Listen grace; favor; favour
    • 恩赦 おんしゃ Listen amnesty; pardon
    • 恩師 おんし Listen teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
    • 恩返し おんがえし Listen paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
    • 恩人 おんじん Listen benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal
    • 恩知らず おんしらず Listen ungrateful

  • Four-character idioms with 恩

    • 報恩謝徳 ほうおんしゃとく Listen repaying kindness with gratitude

  • Origin of 恩

    因 — a person resting on a mat, lending the reading on — over 心, the heart: the support you rest upon, kept in the heart. Gratitude is remembered rest.

    How to remember it: The mat 因 someone once spread for you, laid on your heart 心 — a kindness you rest on forever.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: grace, blessing, gratitude
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おしみ, おん, めぐ, めぐみ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 恩

    Given names 恩(おん)Listen 恩(めぐ)Listen 恩(めぐみ)Listen 恩(めぐむ)Listen

    Surnames 恩(おしみ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    grace; kindness; goodness; favor; mercy; blessing; benefit

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    kindness, mercy, charity

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 恩[en1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    kindness, mercy, charity

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Kindness. Loving and bestowing upon another. Mostly said of superiors to inferiors. (Mencius) "Between father and son, affection is primary." | Mutual love. Such as between spouses, 恩情, 恩愛.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    on(オン) オン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    grace blessing gratitude compassion mercy kindness favor affection appreciation benevolence care charity devotion generosity gift goodness goodwill grateful honor indebted love loyalty obligation

Sentences including 恩

  • They look up to him as their benefactor.

  • I shall never forget your kindness.

  • I got this job with my teacher's help.

  • I'll never forget your kindness as long as i live.

  • I owe everything to you.

  • The doctor has saved my life.

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