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Kanji Detail for 慈 - "compassionate, to love"

慈

  • Meaning

    慈 means "compassionate, to love." Also associated with mother.

    1. To love - To cherish; to care for; to treat with deep parental love.

    2. Compassionate - To show mercy; to be kind.

    3. Mother - Mother; female parent.

  • Words using 慈

    • 慈善 じぜん Listen charity; benevolence; philanthropy
    • 慈悲 じひ Listen mercy; compassion; clemency

  • Four-character idioms with 慈

    • 大慈大悲 だいじだいひ Listen great compassion and mercy
    • 干天慈雨 かんてんじう Listen welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief
    • 旱天慈雨 かんてんじう Listen welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief

  • Tattoo check: 慈

    • Verified meaning: compassionate, to love
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いつく, うつみ, じ, しげる)
    • Also carries these associations: mother

    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 慈

    Given names 慈(いつく)Listen 慈(ちか)Listen 慈(めぐみ)Listen 慈(めぐむ)Listen 慈(やすし)Listen

    Surnames 慈(うつみ)Listen 慈(じ)Listen 慈(しげる)Listen 慈(めぐ)Listen 慈(よしみ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mercy

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    kind, charitable, benevolent

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    gentle, humane, kind, merciful

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

    Deep love. Parents loving children is 慈. | Loving others is also 慈. Now, aiding the poor is called 慈善事業. | Referring to one's father as 嚴; referring to one's mother as 慈. Such as 家慈, 慈母.

  • Onyomi

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    ji(ジ) ジ

  • Kunyomi

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    itsukushi.mu(いつく-しむ) いつく-しむ

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    to love compassionate mother mercy kindness benevolence charity affection care clemency devotion empathy fondness generosity gentle grace humanity pity sympathy cherish

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