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恕 means to forgive, show mercy, absolve, or excuse in Chinese and Korean Hanja (though mostly used in compound words in Korean).
恕 incorporates the pictogram of a heart at the bottom, and a woman and a mouth at the top. The heart portion has the most significance, as it is suggested that it is the heart's nature to forgive.
In Asian culture, as with most other cultures, forgiveness is an act of benevolence and altruism. In forgiving, you put yourself in someone else's shoes and show them the kindness that you would want them to show you. Confucius referred to this quality as “human-heartedness.”
仁恕 is a word in Chinese and Japanese that means something like benevolence with magnanimity or kindness with a forgiving nature.
If this describes you, then you are the type of person that I would like to call my friend.
This may not be the most common word in daily use, but it's old enough that it transcended cultures from China to Japan in the 5th century when Japan lacked a written language and absorbed Chinese characters and words into their language.
Note: 仁恕 is not commonly used in Korean.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your forgiving search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
包荒 see styles |
bāo huāng bao1 huang1 pao huang |
to be tolerant; to be forgiving; to conceal; to cover |
承知 see styles |
shouchi / shochi しょうち |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) knowledge; awareness; (noun, transitive verb) (2) acceptance; consent; assent; agreement; compliance; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; (noun, transitive verb) (3) (usu. in the negative) forgiving; pardoning; excusing |
ちゃら see styles |
chara ちゃら |
(colloquialism) forgiving a debt; getting even |
大度包容 see styles |
dà dù bāo róng da4 du4 bao1 rong2 ta tu pao jung |
generous and forgiving |
大目に見る see styles |
oomenimiru おおめにみる |
(exp,v1) to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient; to be forgiving |
Variations: |
chara; chara チャラ; ちゃら |
(1) (colloquialism) cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; (2) (colloquialism) forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened) |
Variations: |
oomenimiru おおめにみる |
(exp,v1) to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient; to be forgiving |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Forgiveness | 恕 | shù / shu4 / shu | ||
Kindness and Forgiving Nature | 仁恕 | jinjo | rén shù / ren2 shu4 / ren shu / renshu | jen shu / jenshu |
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