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親切

親切

See also: 亲切

Chinese

 
dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
close to; to cut; to slice
trad. (親切)
simp. (亲切)

Adjective

親切

  1. kind; cordial

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
せつ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 親切 (tshin tshet, literally blood relative + close).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • 深切 (more common but obsolete form)

Adjective

親切 (-na inflection, hiragana しんせつ, romaji shinsetsu)

  1. kind, helpful, friendly, obliging

Inflection

Noun

親切 (hiragana しんせつ, romaji shinsetsu)

  1. kindness, helpfulness, friendliness

Derived terms

Antonyms

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

親切 (chinjeol) (hangeul 친절)

  1. Hanja form? of 친절, “kindness, gentleness”.