Chinese symbol for “kindly”
慈祥
cí xiáng
kindly; benevolent (often of older person)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for kindly is 慈祥 (cí xiáng), defined as: kindly; benevolent (often of older person).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “kindly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 和蔼 (和藹) | hé ǎi | kindly; nice |
| 可亲 (可親) | kě qīn | kindly; nice |
| 慈和 | cí hé | kindly; amiable |
| 仁慈 | rén cí | benevolent; charitable |
| 慈蔼 (慈藹) | cí ǎi | (of demeanor or expression) kindly; benevolent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 慈祥.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 慈善 | cí shàn | benevolent; charitable |
| 慈悲 | cí bēi | mercy |
| 仁慈 | rén cí | benevolent; charitable |
| 慈善机构 (慈善機構) | cí shàn jī gòu | charity |
| 慈爱 (慈愛) | cí ài | love; devotion (to children) |
| 慈善家 | cí shàn jiā | philanthropist; humanitarian |
| 吉祥 | jí xiáng | lucky; auspicious |
| 吉祥物 | jí xiáng wù | mascot |
See also: Japanese symbol for “kindly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.