慰 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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wèi

comfort

Components

尉 Sound component

wèi

officer

心 Meaning component

xīn

heart

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wèi

comfort, console, calm; to comfort; to console; to reassure

Most common words with 慰

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	安慰	to comfort
	欣慰	to be gratified
	慰问	to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc
	慰	to comfort
	抚慰	to console

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*ʔut-s	'jw+jH	wèi	comfort, soothe (v.)

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 16.0820% of movies

1767th most common character in movies

1632nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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