慈

mercy

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ジ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

いつく.しむ

Nanori (名乗り)

しげちかめぐみよし

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:13

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1811

Vocabulary

ジ

Word	Reading	Meaning
慈善	ジゼン	charity; benevolence; philanthropy
慈悲	ジヒ	mercy; compassion; clemency; pity; charity; benevolence; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
慈愛	ジアイ	affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
慈眼	ジゲン	merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)
慈眼	ジガン	merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
久慈目	くじめ	spotbelly greenling (Hexagrammos agrammus)
久慈目	クジメ	spotbelly greenling (Hexagrammos agrammus)
慈しみ	いつくしみ	affection; love; fondness; tenderness
慈しむ	いつくしむ	to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love
慈善市	じぜんいち	charity bazaar; charity bazar

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