恩 — Chinese character
恩
ēn
kindness, mercy, charity
- Pinyin
- ēn
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 因 心
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 心; sound component 因
- Japanese
- 恩 as a kanji
Common words with 恩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感恩 | gǎn ēn | to be grateful |
| 恩典 | ēn diǎn | favor; grace |
| 恩赐 (恩賜) | ēn cì | to bestow (favors, charity etc) |
| 恩惠 | ēn huì | favor; grace |
| 恩怨 | ēn yuàn | gratitude and grudges; resentment |
| 恩爱 (恩愛) | ēn ài | loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love |
| 恩人 | ēn rén | a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else |
| 忘恩负义 (忘恩負義) | wàng ēn fù yì | to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth |
| 恩师 (恩師) | ēn shī | (greatly respected) teacher |
| 恩德 | ēn dé | benevolence; favor |
| 谢恩 (謝恩) | xiè ēn | to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official) |
| 报恩 (報恩) | bào ēn | to pay a debt of gratitude; to repay a kindness |
English words written with 恩
恩 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 7 · Zhuangzi 3
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 2B.2
- Mencius 4B.30
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi The Empire
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