Memory phrase for the Kanji: 慰
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慰 |
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Meaning
| to comfort, to console, to reassure
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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.
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Radicals
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尉
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military officer | |
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示
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to show, altar | Shows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar. |
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寸
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skillful hand | Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. 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". |
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心
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heart | Image of a heart with coronary arteries. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 无奈 |
wú nài |
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| 慰问 |
wèi wèn |
to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc |
| 安慰 |
ān wèi |
to comfort; to console |
| 安慰 |
ān wèi |
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| 安慰 |
ān wèi |
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| 安慰 |
ān wèi |
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| 安慰 |
ān wèi |
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| 安慰 |
ān wèi |
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| 安慰 |
ān wèi |
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| 安慰 |
ān wèi |
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| 慰劳 |
wèi láo |
to express sympathy for sb; to comfort; condolences |
| 慰劳 |
wèi láo |
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