Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1811 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: mercy

Kunyomi: いつく.しむ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: heart

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ジゼン charity, philanthropy

ジヒ mercy, compassion, clemency, pity, charity, benevolence, Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax), Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

グジ tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.), blanquillo, horse-head fish

ジンジ kind-hearted, benevolence

Kunyomi Examples

しむ いつくしむ to love (someone weaker than oneself), to be affectionate towards, to treat with tender loving care