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慰
慰
Translingual
Han character
慰 (radical 61 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸戈心 (SIP) or X尸戈心 (XSIP), four-corner 74330, composition ⿱尉心)
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
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
慰 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (尉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
尉 | *quds, *qud |
熨 | *quds, *quns, *qud |
慰 | *quds |
罻 | *quds |
犚 | *quds |
蔚 | *quds, *qud |
螱 | *quds |
褽 | *quds |
鳚 | *quds |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *quds) : phonetic 尉 (OC *quds, *qud) + semantic 心.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: wei4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wai3
- Yale: wai
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai3
- IPA (key): /wɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi
- Hakka Romanization System: vi
- Hagfa Pinyim: vi4
- IPA: /vi⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi / ùiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: uì / uìnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: uix, vuix
- IPA (Xiamen): /ui²¹/, /uĩ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹/, /uĩ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²¹/, /uĩ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /ui¹¹/, /uĩ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²¹/, /uĩ²¹/
- Note: ùi - Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan; ùiⁿ - Zhangzhou.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: uê3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uè
- IPA (key): /ue²¹³/
- (Hokkien)
Rime | |
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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 |
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 |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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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; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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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
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
慰
- consolation
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
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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