慈

慈 U+6148, 慈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6148 ← 慇 [U+6147] CJK Unified Ideographs 慉 → [U+6149]

慈 U+2F8A6, 慈 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8A6 ← 惇 [U+2F8A5] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 慌 → [U+2F8A7]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 㘂, 䗹, 礠

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		慈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
糍	*zi
茲	*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
滋	*ʔsɯ
孳	*ʔsɯ, *zɯs
嵫	*ʔsɯ
嗞	*ʔsɯ
鎡	*ʔsɯ
鰦	*ʔsɯ
鶿	*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
稵	*ʔsɯ, *ʔsɯw
螆	*sʰɯs
慈	*zɯ
鷀	*zɯ
磁	*zɯ
礠	*zlɯ
濨	*zlɯ

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cí (ci²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ce⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû
    • Tâi-lô: tsû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr
    • Tâi-lô: tsîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ce⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡zɨ/

Rime
Character	慈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɨ/
Li Rong	/d͡ziə/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-ts]ə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	慈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cí
Middle Chinese	‹ dzi ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-ts]ə/
English	loving, kind
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	慈
Reading #	1/1
No.	17845
Phonetic component	兹
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	慈
Old Chinese	/*zɯ/

Definitions

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​.

Compounds

Derived terms from 慈

• 不慈
• 仁慈 (réncí)
• 令慈
• 先慈 (xiāncí)
• 八慈
• 割慈
• 嚴慈／严慈
• 大慈大悲 (dàcídàbēi)
• 大慈岩 (Dàcíyán)
• 大發慈悲／大发慈悲 (dàfācíbēi)
• 天慈
• 孝子慈孫／孝子慈孙
• 孝慈
• 宅心仁慈
• 宣慈
• 家慈 (jiācí)
• 宸慈
• 寬慈／宽慈
• 尊慈
• 布慈
• 心慈 (xīncí)
• 心慈手軟／心慈手软 (xīncíshǒuruǎn)
• 心慈面軟／心慈面软
• 恩慈
• 慈仁
• 慈侍
• 慈保
• 慈儉／慈俭
• 慈兄
• 慈光
• 慈制
• 慈厚
• 慈命
• 慈和
• 慈善 (císhàn)
• 慈善事業／慈善事业
• 慈善家 (císhànjiā)
• 慈善機構／慈善机构 (císhàn jīgòu)
• 慈壼／慈壸
• 慈姑 (cígū)
• 慈孝
• 慈孫／慈孙
• 慈孫孝子／慈孙孝子
• 慈安太后
• 慈宥
• 慈宮／慈宫
• 慈容
• 慈寵／慈宠
• 慈帷
• 慈幃／慈帏
• 慈幼
• 慈幼局
• 慈心
• 慈忍
• 慈念

• 慈恕
• 慈恤
• 慈恩
• 慈恩宗
• 慈恩寺
• 慈恩題記／慈恩题记
• 慈息
• 慈悲 (cíbēi)
• 慈悲殺人／慈悲杀人
• 慈悲為懷／慈悲为怀
• 慈悲為本／慈悲为本
• 慈惠
• 慈惻／慈恻
• 慈愍
• 慈愛／慈爱 (cí'ài)
• 慈愷／慈恺
• 慈慧
• 慈憐／慈怜
• 慈憫／慈悯
• 慈懿
• 慈故能勇
• 慈教
• 慈旨
• 慈明
• 慈明無雙／慈明无双
• 慈景
• 慈暉／慈晖
• 慈柔
• 慈武
• 慈母 (címǔ)
• 慈母服
• 慈氏
• 慈淚／慈泪
• 慈渥
• 慈湖
• 慈溫／慈温
• 慈澤／慈泽
• 慈濟大學／慈济大学
• 慈烏／慈乌 (cíwū)
• 慈烏反哺／慈乌反哺
• 慈烏返哺／慈乌返哺
• 慈燈／慈灯
• 慈父 (cífù)
• 慈目
• 慈眄
• 慈眉善目
• 慈眼
• 慈睦
• 慈石
• 慈祐 (Cíyòu)
• 慈祥 (cíxiáng)
• 慈禧太后 (Cíxǐ Tàihòu)
• 慈竹
• 慈篤／慈笃
• 慈綸／慈纶

• 慈育
• 慈膝
• 慈臨／慈临
• 慈航
• 慈航普渡
• 慈良
• 慈色
• 慈菇
• 慈菰
• 慈萱
• 慈蔭／慈荫
• 慈藹／慈蔼
• 慈衷
• 慈親／慈亲
• 慈訓／慈训 (cíxùn)
• 慈誨／慈诲
• 慈謨／慈谟
• 慈讓／慈让
• 慈躬
• 慈造
• 慈闈／慈闱
• 慈隱／慈隐
• 慈雌
• 慈雨
• 慈雲／慈云
• 慈顏／慈颜
• 慈鴉／慈鸦
• 手滑心慈
• 敏練慈愷／敏练慈恺
• 敬老慈少
• 敬老慈幼
• 敬老慈稚
• 李慈銘／李慈铭
• 柔慈
• 母慈
• 母慈子孝
• 溫慈／温慈
• 濟慈／济慈 (Jìcí)
• 父慈子孝
• 皇慈
• 睿慈
• 矜慈
• 祝孝嘏慈
• 等慈
• 聖慈／圣慈
• 臉軟心慈／脸软心慈
• 葉慈／叶慈 (Yècí)
• 親慈／亲慈
• 酒慈
• 重慈
• 鈞慈／钧慈
• 頂禮慈雲／顶礼慈云
• 順慈／顺慈
• 鴻慈／鸿慈

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Japanese

Kanji

慈

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. mercy

Readings

• 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)

Compounds

• 慈鳥(じちょう) (jichō): crow, raven

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

慈: Hán Nôm readings: từ

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