Memory phrase for the character: 慰

慰

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Meaning

to comfort, to console, to reassure

Pronunciation

wèi

Explanation

 Top: military officer 尉 (This buttocks 尸 shows 示 his skillful hand 寸 as an officer), bottom: heart 心

Mnemonic
 
An officer with a heart knows how to comfort.

Radicals

尉 military officer
示 to show, altarShows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. As a body part this is the forearm 肘. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.




 Vocabulary

 
慰问 wèi wèn  to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc
安慰 ān wèi  to comfort; to console
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
慰劳 wèi láo  to express sympathy for sb; to comfort; condolences
 

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