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Translingual
Han character
慰 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸戈心 (SIP) or 難尸戈心 (XSIP), four-corner 74330, composition ⿱尉心)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 400, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11135
- Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2343, character 15
- Unihan data for U+6170
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 尉
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*quds, *qud
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| 熨
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*quds, *quns, *qud
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| 慰
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*quds
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| 罻
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*quds
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| 犚
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*quds
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| 蔚
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*quds, *qud
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| 螱
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*quds
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| 褽
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*quds
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| 鳚
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *quds) : phonetic 尉 (OC *quds, *qud) + semantic 心.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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慰
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wèi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔjwɨjH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔut-s/
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| English
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comfort, soothe (v.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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慰
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12953
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Phonetic
component
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尉
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Rime
group
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隊
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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尉
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Old
Chinese
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/*quds/
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Definitions
慰
- to comfort; to console; to calm
- relieved; glad
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
慰
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- consolation
Readings
- Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, historical)
- Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, historical)
- Kun: なぐさ (nagusa, 慰); なぐさむ (nagusamu, 慰む, Jōyō); なぐさみ (nagusami, 慰み); なぐさめる (nagusameru, 慰める, Jōyō); なぐさめ (nagusame, 慰); なぐさめ (nagusame, 慰め)
Etymology 1
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 慰 (MC 'jw+jH).
Pronunciation
Affix
慰 • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?
- comfort; console
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 慰 – see the following entry: なぐさ
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(The following entry is uncreated: なぐさ.)
Korean
Hanja
慰 (eumhun 위로할 위 (wirohal wi))
- Hanja form? of 위 (“consolation”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
慰: Hán Nôm readings: ủy/uỷ, úy/uý, ủi, ụy/uỵ, ùy/uỳ, ũy/uỹ, vụy/vuỵ, vũy/vuỹ, vùy/vuỳ
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