饶恕
ráo shù · HSK 7
to forgive
🕊️ 恕 = 如 like + 心 heart: treat their heart like yours = forgive
饶 means to spare or let off; 恕 stacks 如 (like) over 心 (heart), so it reads as matching another person's heart with your own. Together 饶恕 is to spare and pardon a wrongdoer.
饶 — food radical 饣 + 尧 (yáo, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 饣 (food) suggests the original sense of abundance or plenty of food, while 尧 supplies the sound. From 'plentiful' the meaning extended to 'generous,' 'to spare/forgive,' and the modern surname use.