Hanja Analyzer
恕

恕 — seo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
용서할 서
Romanization
seo
English
forgive, excuse, show mercy
Mandarin
shù
Japanese on'yomi
ジョ, ショ
Japanese kun'yomi
ゆる.す
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
10
Radical
心 (61, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
如
Unicode
U+6055

Parts that make up 恕

  • 如 같을 여sound 여자와 입같다. ‘여’ 계열의 소리
  • 心 마음 심 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

How 恕 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 恕 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 如, 心.

Korean example words with 恕

  • 인서하다仁恕 Korean gloss: 어질고 너그럽다
  • 용서되다容恕 Korean gloss: 지은 죄나 잘못한 일로 인해 꾸짖음을 받거나 벌을 받지 아니하고 죄나 잘못이 덮이다
  • 용서성容恕性 Korean gloss: 용서하여 주는 성품이나 성질
  • 은서恩恕 Korean gloss: 은혜로써 용서함.
  • 긍서矜恕 Korean gloss: 가엾게 여겨 용서함.
  • 연서憐恕 Korean gloss: 불쌍히 여겨 용서함.
  • 서량恕諒 Korean gloss: 사정을 헤아려 용서함.
  • 양서諒恕 Korean gloss: 사정을 헤아려 용서함.
  • 서용恕容 Korean gloss: 잘못을 너그럽게 용서함.
  • 서유恕宥 Korean gloss: 잘못을 너그럽게 용서함.
  • 관서寬恕 Korean gloss: 죄나 허물 따위를 너그럽게 용서함.
  • 서면恕免 Korean gloss: 죄나 허물을 용서하고 벌을 면해 줌.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 恕

  • 恕じょ consideration; sympathy; compassion
  • 仁恕じんじょ benevolence; magnanimity
  • 忠恕ちゅうじょ sincerity and consideration
  • 寛恕かんじょ magnanimity; forgiveness; generosity
  • 宥恕ゆうじょ forgiveness; generosity
  • 諒恕りょうじょ consideration (for someone's circumstances); compassion; pardon
  • 海恕かいじょ magnanimity; forgiveness; generosity
  • 恕するじょする to forgive; to pardon; to excuse

Characters sharing the phonetic 如

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “서”

Other hanja with radical 心

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