Memory phrase for the Kanji: 慈
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慈 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning
| compassionate, gentle, kind, humane
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Pronunciation |
cí |
Explanation |
Top: now/here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 [turning disc 亠, var. of thread 糸] or variation of magnet 磁 [= the mysterious stone]), below: heart 心 |
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Like a magnet is his heart: so compassionate.
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Radicals
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兹
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now, here, this | Comprises twice the radical "mysterious 玄" |
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玄
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mysterious | This radical is easy to remember if you think of “magnet 磁” (cf. magnet, porcelain 磁 [cí]), where stones 石 are hanging at strings 糸 (simplified to 幺 and fixed with a bracket 艹) behave mysteriously. |
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亠
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心
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heart | Image of a heart with coronary arteries. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 慈祥 |
cí xiáng |
kindly; benevolent (often of older person) |
| 慈善 |
cí shàn |
benevolent; charitable |
| 慈爱 |
cí ài |
love; devotion (to children); affection, esp. towards children |
| 贤淑仁慈 |
xián shū rén cí |
a virtuous and benevolent woman (idiom) |
| 贤淑仁慈 |
xián shū rén cí |
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