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Keyword
gentle
  • humane
  • kind
  • merciful
Frequency
#1789
Strokes
13
Readings
cí100%
Mnemonic
心 (heart) gives the meaning and 兹 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
慈善císhàn
benevolent; charitable
仁慈réncí
benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly; kindness; merciful
慈禧CíXǐ
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
慈cí
compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
慈爱cí'ài
love; devotion (to children); affection, esp. towards children
慈禧太后Cíxǐtàihòu
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
慈善家císhànjiā
philanthropist; humanitarian; charity donor
慈祥cíxiáng
kindly; benevolent (often of older person)
慈母címǔ
warm, caring mother
慈济Cíjì
Tzu Chi Foundation, an international humanitarian NGO established in 1966 in Taiwan
慈溪市CíxīShì
Cixi, a county-level city in Ningbo City 宁波市 (NíngbōShì), Zhejiang
慈利县CílìXiàn
Cili, a county in Zhangjiajie City 张家界市 (ZhāngjiājièShì), Hunan
心慈手软xīncíshǒuruǎn
(idiom) softhearted; merciful
宋慈SòngCí
Song Ci (1186–1249), author of "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" 洗冤集录 (XǐyuānJílù) (1247), said to be the world's first forensic science text
刘慈欣LiúCíxīn
Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
慈和cíhé
kindly; amiable
慈姑cígu
arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
慈眉善目címéishànmù
(idiom) kind-looking; benevolent-looking
恩慈ēncí
bestowed kindness
父慈子孝fùcízǐxiào
benevolent father, filial son (idiom); natural love between parents and children
假慈悲jiǎcíbēi
phony mercy; sham benevolence; crocodile tears
慈江道Cíjiāngdào
Chagang province, in the north of North Korea