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Translingual
Han character
恕 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口心 (VRP), four-corner 46330, composition ⿱如心)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 384, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10560
- Dae Jaweon: page 715, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2293, character 9
- Unihan data for U+6055
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 拿
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*rnaː
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| 拏
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*rnaː
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| 詉
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*rnaː
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| 蒘
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*rnaː, *na
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| 笯
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*rnaː, *naː, *naːs
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| 挐
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*rnaː, *na
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| 絮
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*rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas
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| 呶
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*rnaːw
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| 怓
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*rnaːw
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| 帑
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*n̥ʰaːŋʔ, *naː
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| 奴
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*naː
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| 砮
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*naː, *naːʔ
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| 駑
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*naː
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| 孥
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*naː
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| 努
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*naːʔ
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| 弩
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*naːʔ
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| 怒
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*naːʔ, *naːs
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| 袽
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*na
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| 帤
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*na
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| 女
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*naʔ, *nas
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| 籹
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*naʔ
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| 恕
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*hnjas
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| 如
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*nja, *njas
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| 茹
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*nja, *njaʔ, *njas
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| 洳
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*nja, *njas
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| 鴽
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*nja
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| 蕠
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*nja
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| 汝
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*njaʔ
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| 肗
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*njaʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hnjas) : phonetic 如 (OC *nja, *njas) + semantic 心 (“heart”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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恕
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ syoH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*n̥a-s/
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| English
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indulgent
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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恕
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9622
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Phonetic
component
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女
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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恕
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Old
Chinese
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/*hnjas/
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Definitions
恕
- to show consideration for others; to put oneself in someone's shoes
- to forgive; to pardon; to show mercy
- 饒恕／饶恕 ― ráoshù ― to forgive; to pardon
- excuse me
- 恕我直言 ― shùwǒzhíyán ― Excuse me for speaking bluntly.
六歲以下兒童恕不招待。 [MSC, trad.]
六岁以下儿童恕不招待。 [MSC, simp.]- Liù suì yǐxià értóng shù bù zhāodài.
- Children six and below will not be received, excuse us.
Compounds
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01349
- “恕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- “Query for 恕”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
- Lippiello, Tiziana. (2010). “A Confucian Adage for Life: Empathy (Shu) in the Analects.” In Light a Candle: Encounters and Friendship with China. Festschrift in Honour of Angelo Lazzarotto P.I.M.E., edited by Roman Malek S.V.D. and Gianni Criveller. Sankt Augustin: Monumenta Serica.
Japanese
Kanji
恕
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
恕 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)
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Vietnamese
Han character
恕: Hán Việt readings: thứ
恕: Nôm readings: thứ
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References