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慈

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • mercy

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ジ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • いつく.しむ
Strokes
13
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1597
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
心#61 · heart

Components

Common Words

  • 慈善じぜんNoun
    charity, benevolence, philanthropy
  • 慈悲じひNoun
    mercy, compassion, clemency
  • 慈愛じあいNoun
    affection (esp. parental), love, fondness
  • 慈眼じげんNoun
    merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)
  • 仁慈じんじNoun
    kind-hearted, benevolence
  • 具慈ぐじNoun
    tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.), blanquillo, horse-head fish
  • 慈兄じけいNoun
    affectionate elder brother
  • 慈姑くわいNoun
    Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)

Practice in Kanjiru

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