赦 means “pardon, forgive”

しゃ · sha

Also: forgiveness

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): ゆるす
On'yomi (Chinese reading): シャ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

Red (赤) beside a hand with a stick (攵): picture the whip lowered before it draws blood. 恩赦 is an amnesty, granted in Japan on great imperial occasions, and 容赦なく, without mercy, is how storms and critics strike.

Used in 容赦 (yousha, mercy/pardon), 恩赦 (onsha, amnesty), and 大赦 (taisha, general amnesty)

赦 means “pardon, forgive”

The story

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