# 慰

| 慰 | U+6170, &#24944; 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 7433$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (wei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ùi / ùiⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): uê$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$
*** Yale: wèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^3$
*** Yale: wai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^4$
*** 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: uê$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uè
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | wai$^3$ |
* 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. *[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
* 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

(Jōyō kanji)
* consolation

#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* 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: [i]

#### Affix

慰(い) • (i)
* comfort; console

##### 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))
* 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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