Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 慰
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慰 |
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Meaning |
comfort, console, amuse |
Pronunciation |
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nagusami/mu/meru |
Explanation |
Top: military officer 尉 (An buttdock 尸 shows 示 his skillful hand 寸: that's an officer), below: heart 心 |
Mnemonic
| An officer with a heart knows how to comfort. |
Radicals
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心
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heart | (Image of a heart with coronary arteries.) |
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尸
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buttocks (in a side view) | (The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".) |
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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 SUN = 3.03 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" and partly also "to measure".) |
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
| 慰める |
なぐさめる |
to comfort, to console | | 慰謝料 |
いしゃりょう |
consolation money, solatium |
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