慈

慈	U+6148, 慈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6148

← 慇
[U+6147]

CJK Unified Ideographs

慉 →
[U+6149]

慈	U+2F8A6, 慈 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8A6

← 惇
[U+2F8A5]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

慌 →
[U+2F8A7]

Translingual

Han character

慈 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿女戈心 (TVIP), four-corner 8033₃, composition ⿱兹心 or ⿱茲心)

Derived characters

㘂, 䗹, 濨, 礠, 䗹

References

KangXi: page 397, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10980
Dae Jaweon: page 736, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2324, character 3
Unihan data for U+6148
Unihan data for U+2F8A6

Chinese

simp. and trad.		慈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
糍	*zi
茲	ʔsɯ, zɯ
滋	*ʔsɯ
孳	ʔsɯ, zɯs
嵫	*ʔsɯ
嗞	*ʔsɯ
鎡	*ʔsɯ
鰦	*ʔsɯ
鶿	ʔsɯ, zɯ
稵	ʔsɯ, ʔsɯw
螆	*sʰɯs
慈	*zɯ
鷀	*zɯ
磁	*zɯ
礠	*zlɯ
濨	*zlɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zɯ) : phonetic 茲 (OC *ʔsɯ, *zɯ) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cí (ci²)
(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr
(Teochew, Peng'im): ce⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cí
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíh
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²
  - Yale: tsź
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
  - Palladius: цы (cy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁴
  - Yale: chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû
  - Tâi-lô: tsû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr
  - Tâi-lô: tsîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ce⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /d͡zɨ/

Rime
Character	慈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɨ/
Li Rong	/d͡ziə/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-ts]ə/
(Zhengzhang): /*zɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	慈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cí
Middle Chinese	‹ dzi ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-ts]ə/
English	loving, kind
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	慈
Reading #	1/1
No.	17845
Phonetic component	兹
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	慈
Old Chinese	/*zɯ/

Definitions

慈

(of someone older to someone younger) to love; to show affection to
kind; charitable; benevolent
(literary, honorific) mother
a surname

Compounds

Derived terms from 慈

不慈
仁慈 (réncí)
令慈
先慈 (xiāncí)
八慈
割慈
大慈大悲 (dàcídàbēi)
大慈岩 (Dàcíyán)
天慈
孝慈
宅心仁慈
宣慈
家慈 (jiācí)
宸慈
尊慈
布慈
心慈 (xīncí)
恩慈
慈仁
慈侍
慈保
慈兄
慈光
慈制
慈厚
慈命
慈和
慈善 (císhàn)
慈善家 (císhànjiā)
慈姑 (cígū)
慈孝
慈宥
慈容
慈帷
慈幼
慈幼局
慈心
慈忍
慈念
慈恕
慈恤
慈恩
慈恩宗
慈恩寺
慈息
慈悲 (cíbēi)
慈惠
慈愍
慈慧
慈懿
慈故能勇
慈教
慈旨
慈明
慈景

慈柔
慈武
慈母 (címǔ)
慈母服
慈氏
慈渥
慈湖
慈父 (cífù)
慈目
慈眄
慈眉善目
慈眼
慈睦
慈石
慈祐 (Cíyòu)
慈祥 (cíxiáng)
慈竹
慈育
慈膝
慈航
慈航普渡
慈良
慈色
慈菇
慈菰
慈萱
慈衷
慈躬
慈造
慈雌
慈雨
手滑心慈
敬老慈少
敬老慈幼
敬老慈稚
柔慈
母慈
母慈子孝
父慈子孝 (fùcízǐxiào)
皇慈
矜慈
祝孝嘏慈
等慈
酒慈
重慈
慈安太后
慈禧太后 (Cíxǐ Tàihòu)
睿慈
嚴慈／严慈
大發慈悲／大发慈悲 (dàfācíbēi)
孝子慈孫／孝子慈孙
寬慈／宽慈
心慈手軟／心慈手软 (xīncíshǒuruǎn)
心慈面軟／心慈面软
慈儉／慈俭

慈善事業／慈善事业
慈善機構／慈善机构 (císhàn jīgòu)
慈壼／慈壸
慈孫／慈孙
慈孫孝子／慈孙孝子
慈宮／慈宫
慈寵／慈宠
慈幃／慈帏
慈恩題記／慈恩题记
慈悲殺人／慈悲杀人
慈悲為懷／慈悲为怀
慈悲為本／慈悲为本
慈惻／慈恻
慈愛／慈爱 (cí'ài)
慈愷／慈恺
慈憐／慈怜
慈憫／慈悯
慈明無雙／慈明无双
慈暉／慈晖
慈淚／慈泪
慈溫／慈温
慈澤／慈泽
慈濟大學／慈济大学
慈烏／慈乌 (cíwū)
慈烏反哺／慈乌反哺
慈烏返哺／慈乌返哺
慈燈／慈灯
慈篤／慈笃
慈綸／慈纶
慈臨／慈临
慈蔭／慈荫
慈藹／慈蔼
慈親／慈亲
慈訓／慈训 (cíxùn)
慈誨／慈诲
慈謨／慈谟
慈讓／慈让
慈闈／慈闱
慈隱／慈隐
慈雲／慈云
慈顏／慈颜
慈鴉／慈鸦
敏練慈愷／敏练慈恺
李慈銘／李慈铭
溫慈／温慈
濟慈／济慈 (Jìcí)
聖慈／圣慈
臉軟心慈／脸软心慈
葉慈／叶慈 (Yècí)
親慈／亲慈
鈞慈／钧慈
頂禮慈雲／顶礼慈云
順慈／顺慈
鴻慈／鸿慈

Japanese

Kanji

慈

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

mercy

Readings

Go-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)
Kan-on: し (shi)
Kun: いつくしむ (itsukushimu, 慈しむ, Jōyō); いつくしみ (itsukushimi)

Compounds

慈鳥(じちょう) (jichō): crow, raven

Korean

Hanja

慈 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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Vietnamese

Han character

慈: Hán Nôm readings: từ

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