慈

compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,616 U+6148

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

心 (semantic, “heart”) + 兹 (phonetic, zī)

components: 兹心

kindhearted · Heisig RSH #2417

Mona Lisa + 心 heart

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 兹

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 兹 (zī) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
兹 sound component	zī	now, here; this; time, year
磁	cí	magnetic; porcelain
滋	zī	to grow, to nourish; to multiply, to thrive
鹚	cí	cormorant
孳	zī	to breed; to produce, to bear; to grow recklessly
糍	cí	sticky rice; mochi
嵫	zī	a hill in Shantung

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
慈安太后	Cí ān tài hòu	Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing
慈福行动	cí fú xíng dòng	Operation Blessing (charitable relief organization)
慈利县	Cí lì Xiàn	Cili, a county in Zhangjiajie City 張家界市\|张家界市[Zhang1 jia1 jie4 Shi4], Hunan
心慈手软	xīn cí shǒu ruǎn	(idiom) softhearted; merciful
慈江道	Cí jiāng dào	Chagang province, in the north of North Korea
慈眉善眼	cí méi shàn yǎn	see 慈眉善目[ci2 mei2 shan4 mu4]
慈善家	cí shàn jiā	philanthropist; humanitarian; charity donor
慈眉善目	cí méi shàn mù	(idiom) kind-looking; benevolent-looking
慈悲为本	cí bēi wéi běn	mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except…
家慈	jiā cí	(polite) my mother
慈利	Cí lì	see 慈利縣\|慈利县[Ci2 li4 Xian4]
慈善机构	cí shàn jī gòu	charity
慈善组织	cí shàn zǔ zhī	charity organization
慈石	cí shí	variant of 磁石[ci2 shi2]
慈溪市	Cí xī Shì	Cixi, a county-level city in Ningbo City 寧波市\|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 Shi4], Zhejiang
慈和	cí hé	kindly; amiable
慈爱	cí ài	love; devotion (to children); affection, esp. towards children
大慈恩寺	Dà cí ēn sì	Daci'en Buddhist temple in Xi'an
慈母	cí mǔ	warm, caring mother
子孝父慈	zǐ xiào fù cí	see 父慈子孝[fu4 ci2 zi3 xiao4]