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慈
cí
1. compassionate
2. gentle
3. merciful
4. kind
5. humane
Common • Top 9% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

慈
cí
gentle, humane, kind, merciful
HSK 6 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

慈姑
cígu
arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
先慈
xiāncí
deceased mother
慈悲
cíbēi
mercy
慈母
címǔ
warm, caring mother
慈爱
cíài
love
慈颜
cíyán
one's mother's loving face
严慈
yáncí
strict and compassionate
慈霭
cíǎi
kindly and amiable
慈禧
CíXǐ
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
宋慈
SòngCí
Song Ci (1186-1249), Southern Song lawyer, editor of Record of Washed Grievances [[洗冤集錄|洗冤集录]] (1247), said to be the world's first legal forensic text
家慈
jiācí
(polite) my mother
恩慈
ēncí
bestowed kindness
慈利
Cílì
Cili county in Zhangjiajie [[張家界|张家界<Zhāngjiājiè>]], Hunan
令慈
lìngcí
Your esteemed mother (honorific)
慈和
cíhé
kindly
慈善
císhàn
benevolent
HSK 6
仁慈
réncí
benevolent
HSK 6
慈祥
cíxiáng
kindly
HSK 6
慈石
císhí
magnetite Fe3O4
慈溪
Cíxī
Cixi county level city in Ningbo [[寧波|宁波<Níngbō>]], Zhejiang

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,486
Word Frequency Rank
7,895 of 84,292

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