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慈

cí

HSK 6 Character

What 慈 means

1. compassionate
2. gentle
3. merciful
4. kind
5. humane

Example sentences

• 无需仁慈。
  Wúxū réncí.
  There's no need to be gentle.
• 这不是慈善行为。
  This isn't a charity.
• 我遇到的人都很仁慈。
  Wǒ yùdào de rén dōu hěn réncí.
  The people whom I meet are kind.
• 这位老人家非常仁慈。
  Zhèwèi lǎorénjiā fēicháng réncí.
  The old man is very kind.
• 我深深地被她的仁慈所感动。
  Wǒ shēnshēn de bèi tā de réncí suǒ gǎndòng.
  I was greatly moved by her kindness.
• 当地企业正在联手举办一项慈善活动。
  Local businesses are teaming up for a charity initiative.

Words starting with 慈

• 慈祥cí xiángkindly; benevolent (often of older person)
• 慈善cí shànbenevolent; charitable
• 慈悲cí bēimercy
• 慈禧Cí XǐEmpress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
• 慈爱cí àilove; devotion (to children); affection, esp. towards children
• 慈禧太后Cí xǐ tài hòuEmpress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
• 慈母cí mǔwarm, caring mother
• 慈善家cí shàn jiāphilanthropist; humanitarian; charity donor
• 慈眉善目cí méi shàn mù(idiom) kind-looking; benevolent-looking
• 慈和cí hékindly; amiable
• 慈姑cí guarrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
• 慈济Cí jìTzu Chi Foundation, an international humanitarian NGO established in 1966 in Taiwan
• 慈颜cí yánone's mother's loving face
• 慈利县Cí lì XiànCili, a county in Zhangjiajie City 张家界市
• 慈江道Cí jiāng dàoChagang province, in the north of North Korea
• 慈善抽奖cí shàn chōu jiǎnga raffle (for charity)
• 慈善机构cí shàn jī gòucharity
• 慈善组织cí shàn zǔ zhīcharity organization
• 慈安太后Cí ān tài hòuEmpress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing
• 慈悲为本cí bēi wéi běnmercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid…
• 慈福行动cí fú xíng dòngOperation Blessing (charitable relief organization)
• 慈照寺Cí zhào sìJishōji in northeast Kyōto 京都, Japan, the official name of Ginkakuji or Silver pavilion…
• 慈溪市Cí xī ShìCixi, a county-level city in Ningbo City 宁波市
• 慈蔼cí ǎi(of demeanor or expression) kindly; benevolent

Words containing 慈

• 仁慈rén cíbenevolent; charitable; kind
• 令慈lìng cíYour esteemed mother (honorific)
• 先慈xiān cí(literary) my late mother
• 严慈yán cístrict and compassionate; strict as a father and tender as a mother
• 家慈jiā cí(polite) my mother
• 恩慈ēn cíbestowed kindness
• 假慈悲jiǎ cí bēiphony mercy; sham benevolence; crocodile tears
• 心慈手软xīn cí shǒu ruǎn(idiom) softhearted; merciful
• 大慈恩寺Dà cí ēn sìDaci'en Buddhist temple in Xi'an
• 刘慈欣Liú Cí xīnLiu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
• 宋慈Sòng CíSong Ci (1186–1249), author of "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" 洗冤集录
• 父慈子孝fù cí zǐ xiàobenevolent father, filial son (idiom); natural love between parents and children
• 京都念慈庵Jīng dū Niàn cí ānKing-to Nin Jiom, or just Nin Jiom, manufacturer of 枇杷膏
• 子孝父慈zǐ xiào fù císee 父慈子孝

Characters built on 兹

These share the phonetic component 兹 (zī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 滋zīto grow; to nourish; to increase
• 磁címagnetic; magnetism; porcelain
• 孳zīindustrious; produce; bear
• 鹚cíused in 鸬鹚
• 糍cíused in 糍粑
• 嵫zīsee 崦嵫

Characters that look like 慈

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 焦jiāoburnt; scorched; charred
• 惑huòto confuse; to be puzzled
• 熊xióngbear; (colloquial) to scold; to rebuke; (colloquial) weak; incapable
• 崽zǎichild; young animal
• 雍yōngharmony
• 獒áo(bound form) mastiff

Sounds the same

Read cí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 词word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 辞to resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 磁magnetic; magnetism; porcelain
• 瓷chinaware; porcelain; china
• 雌female; Taiwan pr. cī
• 茨Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 祠shrine; to offer a sacrifice
• 兹used in 龟兹
• 鹚used in 鸬鹚
• 糍used in 糍粑
• 茈used in 凫茈
• 𪉈(a kind of waterbird)