慰

Translingual

Han character

慰 (radical 61 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸戈心 (SIP), X尸戈心 (XSIP), four-corner 7433₀, composition ⿱尉心)

1. comfort, console, calm

References

• KangXi: page 400, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11135
• Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2343, character 15
• Unihan data for U+6170

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		慰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: wei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai³
    • Yale: wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (慰, reconstructed)
Character (慰), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 微 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 於胃切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔʉiH/	/ʔwe̯iH/	/ʔiuəiH/	/ʔʷɨiH/	/ʔujH/	/ĭwəiH/	/ʔiuəiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (慰, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
慰								wèi								‹ ʔjwɨjH ›								/*ʔut-s/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
慰					12953					尉					隊					2					尉					/*quds/

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Japanese

Kanji

慰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: い (i)
• Kun: なぐさ (慰, nagusa), なぐさむ (慰む, nagusamu), なぐさみ (慰み, nagusami), なぐさめる (慰める, nagusameru), なぐさめ (慰 / 慰め, nagusame)

Compounds

• 慰霊碑 (いれいひ, ireihi)
• 慰労 (いろう, irō)
• 自慰 (じい, jii)

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Korean

Hanja

慰 (wi)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 위 (revised: wi, McCune-Reischauer: wi, Yale: wi)

• Name (hangeul): 위로할 위 (wirohal, wi)()

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Vietnamese

Han character

慰 (ủy, uý, ủi)

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