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慈

13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
一 并 幺 心
mercy
Kun:
いつく.しむ
On:
ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1811 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 慈善 【ジゼン】 charity, benevolence, philanthropy
  • 慈悲 【ジヒ】 mercy, compassion, clemency, pity, charity, benevolence, rufous hawk-cuckoo, northern hawk-cuckoo
  • 具慈 【グジ】 tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.), blanquillo, horse-head fish
  • 仁慈 【ジンジ】 kind-hearted, benevolence

Kun reading compounds

  • 慈しむ 【いつくしむ】 to love (someone weaker than oneself), to be affectionate towards, to treat with tender loving care

Readings

Japanese names:
しげ、 ちか、 めぐみ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci2
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • amar
  • encariñarse
  • misericordia
  • tener misericordia

Portuguese

  • misericórdia

French

  • miséricorde
  • pitié
  • affection
1328 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1829 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
612 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1194 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1309 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2701 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1547 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1649 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1778 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
794 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2949 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1515 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2053 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1401 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10980P Morohashi
2339 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1924 New Nelson (John Haig)
1389 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1490 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1624 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
958 2001 Kanji
2o11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-9-4 SKIP code
8033.3 Four corner code
1-27-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6148 Unicode hex code

悲

12 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
心 非
grieve, sad, deplore, regret
Kun:
かな.しい、 かな.しむ
On:
ヒ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1014 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 悲 【ヒ】 karuna (compassion)
  • 悲哀 【ヒアイ】 sorrow, grief, sadness
  • 大慈大悲 【ダイジダイヒ】 great compassion and mercy
  • 無慈悲 【ムジヒ】 merciless, ruthless, pitiless, unfeeling

Kun reading compounds

  • 悲しい 【かなしい】 sad, miserable, unhappy, sorrowful, sad, lamentable, deplorable, grievous
  • 悲しいかな 【かなしいかな】 sad to say, how sad, alas
  • 悲しむ 【かなしむ】 to be sad, to mourn for, to regret
  • 悲しむべき境遇 【かなしむべききょうぐう】 pitiable condition

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei1
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • tristeza
  • compasión
  • triste
  • estar triste

Portuguese

  • célula de cadeia
  • enlutar
  • triste
  • deplorar
  • lamentar

French

  • triste
  • peine
  • déplorer
  • regret
494 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
397 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
375 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1032 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5082 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
822 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
542 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1782 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1034 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1075 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
341 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
788 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3448 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1775 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2416 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1650 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10720 Morohashi
2775 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1897 New Nelson (John Haig)
1635 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1763 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
409 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1258 2001 Kanji
4k8.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
1133.1 Four corner code
1-40-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60b2 Unicode hex code

瞑

15 strokes
Radical:
eye 目
Parts:
亠 ハ 冖 日 目
sleep, dark, close eyes
Kun:
めい.する、 つぶ.る、 つむ.る、 くら.い
On:
メイ、 ベン、 ミョウ、 ミン、 メン
2326 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 瞑想 【メイソウ】 meditation (with closed eyes), contemplation
  • 瞑眩 【メイケン】 dizziness, temporary side-effects of taking Chinese herbal medicine
  • 冥々 【メイメイ】 dark, invisible
  • 眩瞑 【ゲンメイ】 dizziness

Kun reading compounds

  • 瞑する 【めいする】 to close one's eyes, to sleep, to rest in peace
  • 瞑る 【つぶる】 to close (one's eyes), to shut
  • 瞑る 【つぶる】 to close (one's eyes), to shut

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong, myeon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3151 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
23600 Morohashi
3954 New Nelson (John Haig)
2842 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2859 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5c10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-10 SKIP code
6708.0 Four corner code
1-66-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7791 Unicode hex code

想

13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
心 木 目
concept, think, idea, thought
Kun:
おも.う
On:
ソウ、 ソ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
381 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 想 【ソウ】 conception, idea, thought, samjna (perception)
  • 想像 【ソウゾウ】 imagination, supposition, guess
  • 追想 【ツイソウ】 recollection, reminiscence
  • お愛想 【オアイソ】 compliments, civilities, courtesies, flattery, hospitality, special treatment, entertainment, bill (at a restaurant), check
  • 想 【ソウ】 conception, idea, thought, samjna (perception)
  • 想像 【ソウゾウ】 imagination, supposition, guess
  • お愛想 【オアイソ】 compliments, civilities, courtesies, flattery, hospitality, special treatment, entertainment, bill (at a restaurant), check

Kun reading compounds

  • 思う 【おもう】 to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon, to think (of doing), to plan (to do), to judge, to assess, to regard, to imagine, to suppose, to dream, to expect, to look forward to, to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want, to recall, to remember

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang3
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • concepto
  • idea
  • pensamiento

Portuguese

  • conceito
  • pensar
  • idéia
  • pensamento

French

  • concept
  • pensée
  • idée
660 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
350 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
532 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
352 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1728 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
324 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
544 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
147 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
147 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
796 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3507 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1810 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2462 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
616 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10858 Morohashi
2828 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1922 New Nelson (John Haig)
609 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
656 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
197 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
421 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1858 2001 Kanji
4k9.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
4633.0 Four corner code
1-33-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60f3 Unicode hex code