慈じ悲ひ

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ひ

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Refers to a deep, often religious or philosophical, compassion and mercy toward others. Can be used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.

彼かれは慈じ悲ひ深ぶかい人ひとだ。
He is a deeply compassionate person.
仏ぶっ教きょうでは慈じ悲ひの心こころが大たい切せつにされる。
In Buddhism, a heart of compassion is valued.

noun

rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 慈悲心鳥 (じひしんちょう). Rare, specialized bird name; not used in everyday conversation.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に慈じ悲ひを垂たれるto bestow mercy on someone
王おうは罪ざい人にんに慈じ悲ひを垂たれた。
The king showed mercy to the criminal.
慈じ悲ひを乞こうto beg for mercy
彼かれはひざまずいて慈じ悲ひを乞こった。
He knelt down and begged for mercy.
慈じ悲ひの心こころa compassionate heart; a merciful spirit
彼かの女じょは慈じ悲ひの心こころを持もって人ひと々びとに接せっしている。
She treats people with a compassionate heart.

Kanji

慈mercy
悲grieve, sad, deplore

Related words· 7

情なさけN1sense 1
情け is the everyday word for sympathy or kindness toward others, while 慈悲 carries a more formal, often religious or philosophical sense of compassion.
哀あわれみ sense 1
哀れみ focuses on pity for someone weak or suffering, whereas 慈悲 expresses a broader, principled compassion, often religious in tone.
同どう情じょうN1sense 1
同情 is the common word for sympathy with another's feelings, while 慈悲 implies a deeper, often religiously motivated mercy.
憐れん憫びん sense 1
憐憫 is a literary, formal word for pity or compassion, similar in register to 慈悲 but without its religious connotation.

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慈じ愛あい
慈悲 emphasizes compassion or mercy, often in a Buddhist or moral sense, while 慈愛 focuses on warm, nurturing love, especially parental.
仁じん
慈悲 carries religious overtones of mercy and compassion, whereas 仁 focuses on benevolence as a secular, ethical virtue.
恵めぐみN1
慈悲 focuses on compassionate mercy shown toward the suffering, while 恵み is broader and can describe any beneficial gift or grace, not just mercy.

Opposites

冷れい酷こくN1sense 1
冷酷 describes a cold, merciless attitude, the direct opposite of the warm compassion expressed by 慈悲.

Don't confuse with

自じ費ひ sense 1
自費 is pronounced the same as 慈悲 but means paying at one's own expense, an unrelated concept.
慈じ愛あい
慈愛 and 慈悲 both suggest compassionate love, but 慈悲 leans toward mercy or forgiveness while 慈愛 leans toward warm, protective affection.

Counted with

羽わN3sense 2
慈悲 in its rare bird-name sense (the hawk-cuckoo) is counted with 羽, the standard counter for birds.

Word family

無む慈じ悲ひ
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
慈じ悲ひ心しん
compassion; merciful heart; benevolence
慈じ悲ひ殺さつ
mercy killing without consent
慈じ悲ひ心しん鳥ちょう
rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
慈じ悲ひ深ぶかい
compassionate; merciful; benevolent

Etymology

From Buddhist terminology, combining 慈 (じ, 'affection, kindness') and 悲 (ひ, 'pity, sorrow'). The bird name is an abbreviation of 慈悲心鳥, literally 'compassion-heart bird', referring to its call.