Memory phrase for the character: 慈


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Meaning

mercy, affection, tenderness

Pronunciation

JI
itsukushimu

Explanation

Top: 兹 2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds 玄/糸 hanging stones 石 that behave mysteriously.), below: heart 心

Mnemonic


 
Like a magnet of the heart [without that stone] is: mercy and affection.

Radicals

2x mysteriousThis radical comprises twice 'mysterious 玄". For remembering think of “magnet 磁” (cf. magnet 磁石 = じしゃく), where stones 石 are hanging at strings 糸 (simplified to 幺) [and fixed with a bracket 艹] behave mysteriously.
heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
mysteriousThe radical gen is easy to remember if you think of “magnet 磁” (cf. magnet 磁石 = じしゃく), where stones 石 are hanging at strings 糸 (simplified to 幺) [and fixed with a bracket 艹] behave mysteriously.
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 Vocabulary

慈善 じぜん  charity, philanthropy
慈しみ いつくしみ  affection, love, tenderness
慈悲 じひ  charity, mercy, compassion, pity
慈愛 じあい  affection (esp. parental), love

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