慈

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

• 㘂, 嬨, 𫻌, 𢶴, 濨, 𪴆, 礠, 𥣓, 𫃕, 䗹, 𬣐, 𨭨, 𩉋, 𩼰, 𪇔, 𬞧, 𥴺

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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

慈

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

• “慈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “慈”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 591.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. mercy

• 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)

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

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慈: Hán Nôm readings: từ

1. chữ Hán form of từ (“maitrī, benevolence, loving-kindness”).