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See also: 慈爱

Chinese

compassionate; gentle; merciful
compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
 
to love; affection; to be fond of
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
 
trad. (慈愛) 慈 愛
simp. (慈爱) 慈 爱

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 慈 愛
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 疾之切 烏代切
Baxter dzi 'ojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡zɨ/ /ʔʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡zɨ/ /ʔəiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zie/ /ʔɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zɨ/ /ʔəjH/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ziə/ /ʔᴀiH/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zĭə/ /ɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱi/ /ʔɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cí ài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ci4 oi3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 慈 愛
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cí ài
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzi › ‹ ʔojH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ə/ /*ˁə-s/
English loving, kind to love; to grudge (< ‘draw close to oneself’?)

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 慈 愛
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 17845 1
Phonetic
component 		兹 愛
Rime
group 		之 隊
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		慈 愛
Old
Chinese 		/*zɯ/ /*qɯːds/
Notes 說文本從心旡聲

Adjective

慈愛

  1. loving; affectionate; kind

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

慈愛

  1. love; affection; kindness; charity

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慈愛):

Japanese

FWOTD – 15 May 2019
Kanji in this term
慈 愛
じ
Grade: S 		あい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

慈(じ)愛(あい) • (jiai) 

  1. affection, frequently the love of a parent for a child
    • 2018 November 16, “‘Haha no jiai’ hatsugen, Koike chiji wa fukaikan ”, in Asahi Shimbun‎, archived from the original on 8 June 2020:
      東(とう)京(きょう)都(と)の小(こ)池(いけ)百(ゆ)合(り)子(こ)知(ち)事(じ)は、今(こん)月(げつ)の全(ぜん)国(こく)知(ち)事(じ)会(かい)議(ぎ)で鳥(とっ)取(とり)県(けん)の平(ひら)井(い)伸(しん)治(じ)知(ち)事(じ)から「母(はは)の慈(じ)愛(あい)の心(こころ)を持(も)って」と言(い)われたことに対(たい)し、16(じゅうろく)日(にち)の定(てい)例(れい)会(かい)見(けん)で「私(わたし)は母(はは)になれなかった。安(あん)易(い)な発(はつ)言(げん)で、大(たい)変(へん)傷(きず)ついた」と不(ふ)快(かい)感(かん)を示(しめ)した。
      Tōkyō-to no Koike Yuriko-chiji wa, kongetsu no zenkoku chiji kaigi de Tottori-ken no Hirai Shinji-chiji kara “haha no jiai no kokoro o motte” to iwareta koto ni taishi, jūrokunichi no teirei kaiken de “Watashi wa haha ni narenakatta. An'ina hatsugen de, taihen kizutsuita” to fukaikan o shimeshita.
      Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike responded to Tottori governor Shinji Hirai’s comment at this month’s national governors’ meeting that she “has a mother’s affectionate heart”. During a regular interview on the 16th she expressed discomfort saying, “I never became a mother. This offhand comment hurt me terribly.”

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
慈愛

Noun

慈愛 • (jaae) (hangeul 자애)

  1. hanja form? of 자애 (“love; affection; kindness”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
慈愛

Noun

慈愛

  1. chữ Hán form of từ ái (“love; affection; kindness”).
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