恕 — Chinese character
恕
shù
to excuse, to forgive, to show mercy
- Pinyin
- shù
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 如 心
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 心; sound component 如
- Japanese
- 恕 as a kanji
Common words with 恕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宽恕 (寬恕) | kuān shù | to forgive; forgiveness |
| 饶恕 (饒恕) | ráo shù | to forgive; to pardon |
| 恕罪 | shù zuì | please forgive me |
| 忠恕 | zhōng shù | loyalty and consideration for others; magnanimity (ideal virtues in Confucianism) |
| 乞恕 | qǐ shù | to beg forgiveness |
| 容恕 | róng shù | to forgive; to pardon |
| 恕我冒昧 | shù wǒ mào mèi | if I may be so bold |
| 请求宽恕 (請求寬恕) | qǐng qiú kuān shù | to sue for mercy; to ask for forgiveness |
English words written with 恕
恕 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Mencius 1 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 4.15
- Analects 15.23
- Mencius 7A.4
- The Great Learning Passage 11
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 13
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