Read Edit View history 慈 cí HSK7 kind Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas cí × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 慈 Simp strokes 慈 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint heart Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 慈 Simp strokes 慈 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 慈 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 352, 764 ], [ 458, 672 ] ], [ [ 634, 838 ], [ 668, 789 ], [ 556, 667 ] ], [ [ 198, 596 ], [ 299, 590 ], [ 851, 666 ] ], [ [ 333, 560 ], [ 356, 514 ], [ 283, 405 ], [ 382, 409 ] ], [ [ 437, 518 ], [ 458, 469 ], [ 304, 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798 368 737 404 Q 727 411 720 410 Q 716 409 713 398 Q 713 395 730 360 L 741 341 Z", "M 236 185 Q 214 133 184 85 Q 162 46 183 10 Q 192 -9 215 5 Q 269 47 267 121 Q 271 158 263 186 Q 257 196 250 197 Q 240 196 236 185 Z", "M 339 200 Q 360 86 444 30 Q 565 -51 778 -23 Q 809 -17 836 -6 Q 864 6 866 22 Q 869 32 827 54 Q 763 97 714 145 Q 701 160 697 152 Q 694 148 727 79 Q 739 55 732 43 Q 725 33 695 34 Q 506 27 432 99 Q 396 129 380 183 Q 373 207 362 211 Q 349 218 342 214 Q 336 213 339 200 Z", "M 504 199 Q 546 148 573 136 Q 586 133 595 145 Q 602 157 599 172 Q 595 194 578 206 Q 556 224 517 234 Q 502 238 493 235 Q 487 234 490 223 Q 491 213 504 199 Z", "M 769 208 Q 814 174 861 130 Q 876 117 892 118 Q 904 119 909 133 Q 913 148 904 179 Q 897 207 854 229 Q 755 266 740 259 Q 734 255 736 241 Q 740 231 769 208 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source 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