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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)

仁慈
réncí
benevolent
HSK 6
令慈
lìngcí
Your esteemed mother (honorific)
先慈
xiāncí
deceased mother
严慈
yáncí
strict and compassionate
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
慈和
cíhé
kindly
慈善
císhàn
benevolent
HSK 6
慈姑
cígu
arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
慈悲
cíbēi
mercy
慈爱
cíài
love
慈母
címǔ
warm, caring mother
慈溪
Cíxī
Cixi county level city in Ningbo [[寧波|宁波<Níngbō>]], Zhejiang
慈石
císhí
magnetite Fe3O4
慈祥
cíxiáng
kindly
HSK 6
慈禧
CíXǐ
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
慈霭
cíǎi
kindly and amiable
慈颜
cíyán
one's mother's loving face

Metadata

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

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