慰

慰 U+6170, 慰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6170 ← 慯 [U+616F] CJK Unified Ideographs 慱 → [U+6171]

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

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• 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/

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• 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	/ʔʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔujH/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯iH/
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	‹ ʔjwɨjH ›
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. *[t] 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

1. to comfort; to console; to calm
2. 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

慰

(Jōyō kanji)

1. 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): [i]

Affix

慰(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. comfort; console

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 慰(い)霊(れい)碑(ひ) (ireihi)
• 慰(い)労(ろう) (irō)
• 自(じ)慰(い) (jī)

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))

1. 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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