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Chinese

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

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit मैत्रीकरुणा (maitrīkaruṇā, “benevolence and compassion”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 慈 悲
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 疾之切 府眉切
Baxter dzi pij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡zɨ/ /pˠiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡zɨ/ /pᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zie/ /piɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zɨ/ /pji/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ziə/ /pji/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zĭə/ /pi/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱi/ /pi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cí bī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ci4 bei1

Adjective

慈悲

  1. (originally Buddhism) merciful; benevolent; pitying

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Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慈悲):
  • → Japanese: 慈悲(じひ) (jihi)
  • → Korean: 자비(慈悲) (jabi)
  • → Vietnamese: từ bi (慈悲)

Further reading

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
Kanji in this term
慈 悲
じ
Grade: S 		ひ
Grade: 3
goon

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

慈(じ)悲(ひ) • (jihi) 

  1. (Buddhism) compassion
  2. mercy; sympathy
    お慈悲(じひ)を！
    O-jihi o!
    Have mercy!
    • 1632, Diego Collado, Niffon no Cotõbani Yô Confesion, page 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.)
      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.)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1632, Diego Collado, Dictionarium sive Thesauri Linguae Iaponicae Compendium, page 81:
      Miſericordia, æ, eleemoſina, æ, miſericordia y limoſna, jifi.
      Miſericordia, æ, eleemoſina, æ, miſericordia y limoſna, jifi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
慈悲

Noun

慈悲 • (jabi) (hangeul 자비)

  1. hanja form? of 자비 (“mercy”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
慈悲

Adjective

慈悲

  1. chữ Hán form of từ bi (“merciful, compassion”)
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