Memory phrase for the character: 慰

慰

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Meaning

comfort, console, amuse

Pronunciation

I
nagusami/mu/meru

Explanation

 Top: military officer 尉 (A buttock 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

心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
尸 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".
寸 skillful handImage 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. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".




 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
慰霊祭 いれいさい  memorial service (for dead person)
慰謝 いしゃ  consolation

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