漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
恵: favor, blessing
Also: grace, kindness
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
心 carries the meaning · 由 is drawn in
10 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 恩恵おんけい
- 最恵国さいけいこくmost favored nation; most favoured nation
エe · on'yomi
- 知恵ちえwisdom; wit; sagacity
- 恵比寿えびすEbisu; god of fishing and commerce
めぐむmegumu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 恵むめぐむto bless; to show mercy to
- 恵まれるめぐまれるto be blessed with; to be rich in
めぐみmegumi · kun'yomi
- 恵みめぐみblessing; grace
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
由
Also built on wherefore (由)
14 in allEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side恵 favor · 心
vs専 specialty · 寸In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 惠 · huì
恵 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 惠 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 惠 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 惠 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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