慈善

Chinese
 
compassionate; gentle; merciful
compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
 good
trad. (慈善) 慈 善
simp. #(慈善) 慈 善

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 慈 善
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 疾之切 常演切
Baxter dzi dzyenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡zɨ/ /d͡ʑiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /d͡zɨ/ /d͡ʑiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡zie/ /d͡ʑjænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /d͡zɨ/ /d͡ʑianX/
Li
Rong		 /d͡ziə/ /ʑiɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /d͡zĭə/ /ʑĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /d͡zʱi/ /ʑi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 cí shàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ci4 sin6

Adjective

慈善

  1. benevolent; charitable; philanthropic
    慈善音樂會／慈善音乐会  ―  císhàn yīnyuèhuì  ―  charity concert

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 公益慈善團體／公益慈善团体
  • 慈善事業／慈善事业
  • 慈善家 (císhànjiā)
  • 慈善機構／慈善机构 (císhàn jīgòu)
  • 防癆慈善紀念票／防痨慈善纪念票

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (慈善):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
慈 善
じ
Grade: S		 ぜん
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じぜん [jìzéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑizẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

慈(じ)善(ぜん) • (jizen) 

  1. charity; benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • 貪欲 (とんよく, ton'yoku; or たんよく, tan'yoku): greed

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
慈善

Noun

慈善 • (jaseon) (hangeul 자선)

  1. Hanja form? of 자선 (“charity”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
慈善

Adjective

慈善

  1. chữ Hán form of từ thiện (“charitable; philanthropic”).
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