The kanji 慈: meaning, readings and stroke order

慈

Meaning: love, mercy
On reading: ジ ji
Kun reading: いつく（しむ） itsukushimu
Strokes: 13
Radical: 心 heart
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: yêu thương, từ bi (từ)
Japanese: いつくしむ。やさしくかわいがる。
Korean: 사랑하다, 자비 (자)
Chinese: 慈爱、仁慈

Readings, words and example sentences

ジ ji · on reading · less common

慈じ愛あい
loving kindness, tender love
慈じ愛あいに満ちた目です。
Those eyes are full of loving kindness.

いつく（しむ） itsukushimu · kun reading · less common

慈いつくしむ
to love and care for, to cherish
小さな命を 慈いつくしみます。
We love and care for small lives.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.