English
Etymology
From kind + hearted.
Adjective
kindhearted (comparative more kindhearted, superlative most kindhearted)
- Having an innately kind disposition or character.
- Synonyms: warm-hearted, goodhearted
2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR[1]:We wanted to share that kind thought with you because today, November 13, is "World Kindness Day" — created back in 1998 by a consortium of kindhearted charities.
Derived terms
Translations
having an innately kind disposition or character
— see also kind
- Arabic: رَقِيق (raqīq), شَفُوق (šafūq), رَقِيق اَلْقَلْب (raqīq al-qalb)
- Belarusian: дабрасардэ́чны (dabrasardéčny), лаго́дны (lahódny)
- Bulgarian: добросърдечен (bg) (dobrosǎrdečen)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 善良 (zh) (shànliáng), 親切 / 亲切 (zh) (qīnqiè), 好心腸 / 好心肠 (hǎo xīncháng), 仁慈 (zh) (réncí)
- Czech: dobrosrdečný
- Danish: godhjertet
- Dutch: goedhartig (nl)
- Estonian: heasüdamlik
- Finnish: hyväsydäminen
- French: de cœur (fr), de bon cœur (fr)
- Georgian: გულკეთილი (gulḳetili)
- German: gutherzig (de)
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (bleiþs)
- Greek: καλόκαρδος (el) (kalókardos)
- Hungarian: jószívű (hu)
- Italian: generoso (it) m
- Japanese: 優しい (ja) (やさしい, yasashii), 親切 (ja) (しんせつ, shinsetsu), 心の優しい (こころのやさしい, kokoro-no yasashii)
- Māori: ngākau aroha
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: godhjertet (no)
- Russian: до́брый (ru) (dóbryj), добросерде́чный (ru) (dobroserdéčnyj)
- Spanish: de buen corazón, bonachón (es) (colloquial)
- Swedish: godhjärtad (sv)
- Thai: ใจดี (th) (jai-dii)
- Ukrainian: добросе́рдий (dobrosérdyj), добросе́рдний (dobrosérdnyj), добросерде́чний (dobroserdéčnyj), ла́гідний (láhidnyj)
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