恕

shù
#2,309 most
frequent character
to forgive

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

恕 pairs 心 heart with 如 rú, which supplies the sound. The heart gives the first sense, 'benevolence'. From benevolence came 'to forgive, pardon' and then 'to excuse'.

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Homophones

HSK 3
树shù
tree
HSK 6
束shù
to bind, to tie, bundle, cluster
术shù
method, technique
述shù
(bound form) to state, to tell
数shù
number, figure, several, a few

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