慰

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慰	U+6170, 慰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6170

CJK Unified Ideographs

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

藯

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

trad.		慰
simp. ^#		慰
2nd round simp.		尉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
尉	quds, qud
熨	quds, quns, *qud
慰	*quds
罻	*quds
犚	*quds
蔚	quds, qud
螱	*quds
褽	*quds
鳚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *quds) : phonetic 尉 (OC *quds, *qud) + semantic 心.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ùi / ùiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): uê³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴
  - Yale: wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai³
  - Yale: wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi
  - Tâi-lô: uì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uix
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /ui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vuix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uê³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ue²¹³/

Middle Chinese: 'jw+jH

Rime
Character	慰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於胃切
Baxter	'jw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔut-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*quds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	慰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwɨj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔut-s/
English	comfort, soothe (v.)
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	慰
Reading #	1/1
No.	12953
Phonetic component	尉
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	尉
Old Chinese	/*quds/

Definitions

慰

to comfort; to console; to calm
relieved; glad

Compounds

勸慰 / 劝慰 (quànwèi)
告慰 (gàowèi)
大慰
存慰
安慰 (ānwèi)
宣慰
寬慰 / 宽慰 (kuānwèi)
弔慰 / 吊慰 (diàowèi)
快慰 (kuàiwèi)
慰勉 (wèimiǎn)
慰勞 / 慰劳
慰唁
慰問 / 慰问 (wèiwèn)
慰問金 / 慰问金
慰安 (wèi'ān)
慰安婦 / 慰安妇 (wèi'ānfù)
慰情勝無 / 慰情胜无
慰留
慰藉 / 慰借 (wèijiè)
撫慰 / 抚慰 (fǔwèi)
欣慰 (xīnwèi)
聊以自慰
自慰 (zìwèi)
解慰

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 慰

慰

(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

Kanji in this term
慰
い Grade: S
on'yomi

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 慰 (MC 'jw+jH).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Affix

慰(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)^?}

comfort; console

Derived terms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
慰
なぐさ Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 慰 – see the following entry: なぐさ

(The following entry is uncreated: なぐさ.)

Korean

Hanja

慰 (eumhun 위로할 위 (wirohal wi))

hanja form^? of 위 (“consolation”)

Compounds

위로 (慰勞, wiro, “recognition of one's services”)
위자료 (慰藉料, wijaryo, “consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement”)
자위 (自慰, jawi)

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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