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Chinese symbol for “merciful”

仁慈
rén cí
benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for merciful is 仁慈 (rén cí), defined as: benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly; kindness; merciful.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

仁 rén
benevolent, humane, kind
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes
慈 cí
gentle, humane, kind, merciful
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “merciful”

WordPinyinMeaning
心慈手软 (心慈手軟)xīn cí shǒu ruǎn(idiom) softhearted; merciful
慈cícompassionate; gentle
仁惠rén huìbenevolent; merciful

Related words

Other words that share a character with 仁慈.

WordPinyinMeaning
同仁tóng rén(formal) colleague; fellow member (of an organization or profession)
杏仁xìng rénalmond; apricot kernel
一视同仁 (一視同仁)yī shì tóng rénto treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
仁义 (仁義)rén yìbenevolence and righteousness
慈善cí shànbenevolent; charitable
慈悲cí bēimercy
慈善机构 (慈善機構)cí shàn jī gòucharity
慈爱 (慈愛)cí àilove; devotion (to children)

See also: Japanese symbol for “merciful”.

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.

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