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慰

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console

HSK 5 N1

Human →Actions

wèi

イ

なぐさ.める、なぐさ.む

위

Components

尉 officer+ 心 heart =

慰 console

尉 Phonetic component

wèi officer

officer, military rank

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心 Meaning component

xīn heart

heart

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

慰

Regular

Modern

Chinese

慰 [wèi]

to comfort; to console; to reassure

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (33)

安慰 [ānwèi] #2,906

欣慰 [xīnwèi] #8,531

to be gratified

慰问 [wèiwèn] #20,009

to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc

慰问 [wèiwèn] #20,009

to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc

抚慰 [fǔwèi] #13,297

抚慰 [fǔwèi] #13,297

慰藉 [wèijiè] #15,288

宽慰 [kuānwèi] #20,447

宽慰 [kuānwèi] #20,447

慰安妇 [wèi'ānfù] #19,669

23 more items

JAPANESE WORDS (40)

⭐ 慰める [なぐさめる] #2,849

慰め [なぐさめ] #7,334

慰謝料 [いしゃりょう] #17,912

consolation money

自慰 [じい] #28,853

⭐ 慰問 [いもん] #38,425

visit to console someone

慰み [なぐさみ] #39,923

慰労 [いろう] #45,681

recognition of services

手慰み [てなぐさみ] #48,527

fingering an object (in killing time)

自慰行為 [じいこうい] #49,127

(act of) masturbation

慰み者 [なぐさみもの] #49,370

(person treated as a) plaything

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KOREAN WORDS (8)

consolation; comfort

self-consolation

call of sympathy; consolatory visit

comfort; consolation; solace

alimony; compensation

condolence money