慈悲

Chinese
 
compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
 
sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
simp. and trad.
(慈悲)		 慈 悲

Pronunciation

Adjective

慈悲

  1. merciful; benevolent; pitying

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 假慈悲
  • 大發慈悲／大发慈悲
  • 慈悲殺人／慈悲杀人
  • 慈悲為懷／慈悲为怀

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (慈悲):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
慈 悲
じ
Grade: S		 ひ
Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

慈悲 (hiragana じひ, rōmaji jihi)

  1. (Buddhism) compassion
  2. mercy; sympathy
    • 1632: Diego Collado, Niffon no Cotõbani Yô Confesion, p. 4
      R. Sorẽgaxĩga cotòxi Deus no vòn jifino vie iòri Chriſtian ni nàri maràxitẽ gozàru iùie, ni, mãda confeſion vo mõsaĩdẽ gozàru.
      R. Ego ex Dei miſericordia hoc anno Chriſtianus factus, nunquam confeſſionem Sacramentalem feci: vnde hæc, quam modo incipio, erit prima.
      (Having become Christian out of the mercy of God this year, I have never made sacramental confession; whence, as I am just beginning, it will be the first.)
    • 1632: Diego Collado, Dictionarium sive Thesauri Linguae Iaponicae Compendium, p. 81
      Miſericordia, æ, eleemoſina, [sic] æ, miſericordia y limoſna, [sic] jifi.

Antonyms

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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