仁慈

Chinese

		humane; kernel	compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
simp. and trad. (仁慈)		仁	慈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): réncí

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄘˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ ci⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yìn-chhṳ̀
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-chû / lîn-chîr / jîn-chû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: réncí
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄘˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: réncíh
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-tzʻŭ²
  - Yale: rén-tsź
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rentsyr
  - Palladius: жэньцы (žɛnʹcy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ ci⁴
  - Yale: yàhn chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn-chhṳ̀
  - Hakka Romanization System: in^ˇ cii^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin² ci²
  - Sinological IPA: /in¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìn-chhṳ̀
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˇ cii^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin² ci²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)in¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chû
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-tsû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linzuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡su²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chîr
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-tsîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-chû
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-tsû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinzuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² t͡su¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ t͡su²³/

Adjective

仁慈

humane; merciful; benevolent; kind

Synonyms

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仁和 (rénhé) (literary)
仁愛 / 仁爱 (rén'ài)
友善 (yǒushàn)
可親 / 可亲 (kěqīn)
和善 (héshàn)
和氣 / 和气
和藹 / 和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
善良 (shànliáng)
好心 (hǎoxīn)
惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
惠愛 / 惠爱 (huì'ài) (literary)
慈愛 / 慈爱 (cí'ài)
慈祥 (cíxiáng)
祥和 (xiánghé)
腍善 (nam⁴ sin⁶) (Cantonese)
藹然 / 蔼然 (ǎirán) (literary)
隨和 / 随和

Antonyms

兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è)
猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仁慈):

→ Japanese: 仁(じん)慈(じ) (jinji)
→ Korean: 인자(仁慈) (inja)
→ Vietnamese: nhân từ (仁慈)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仁	慈
じん Grade: 6	じ Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

仁(じん)慈(じ) • (jinji)

benevolence, kindheartedness

Korean

Hanja in this term
仁	慈

Noun

仁慈 • (inja) (hangeul 인자)

hanja form^? of 인자 (“benevolence, generosity, kindness”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
仁	慈

Adjective

仁慈

chữ Hán form of nhân từ (“merciful, clement”).