慈 — kanji meaning “mercy”
慈
mercy
- Meanings
- mercy
- On'yomi
- ジ (ji)
- Kun'yomi
- いつく.しむ
- Name readings
- しげ、ちか、めぐみ、よし
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1811 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- cí — Chinese character page
Words with 慈
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 慈善 | じぜん jizen | charity; benevolence; philanthropy |
| 慈悲 | じひ jihi | mercy; compassion; clemency |
| 慈愛 | じあい jiai | affection (esp. parental); love; fondness |
| 無慈悲 | むじひ mujihi | merciless; ruthless; pitiless |
| 慈しみ | いつくしみ itsukushimi | affection; love; fondness |
| 慈眼 | じげん jigen | merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity) |
| 慈しむ | いつくしむ itsukushimu | to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly |
| 慈恵 | じけい jikei | mercy and love |
| 慈雨 | じう jiu | welcome rain; beneficial rain; blessed rain |
| 慈母 | じぼ jibo | affectionate mother |
| 慈姑 | くわい kuwai | Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead) |
| 仁慈 | じんじ jinji | kind-hearted; benevolence |
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