Chinese Character 慰 Meanings and components.

Form

慰

Meaning

慰 meaning[3] in English

To Comfort.

To Console.

To Reassure.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 慰 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Wei (尉) , and heart (心)

Its radical[1] is: 心 (xin1) which means: Heart, Mind, Intention, Center, Core, Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4], .心xin1heart

In cangjie it is written with SIP

How to write 慰

To write慰wei4to comfort you should write a combination of 尉wei4surname Wei , 心xin1heart arranged in a 吕 shape:

尉 + 心 = 慰

慰 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 慰 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 慰, looks as follow:

慰
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Comfort . To Console . To Reassure
尉
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Wei
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
示
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: To Show . To Reveal
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb
心
Pinyin:xin1
Meaning[3]: Heart . Mind . Intention . Center . Core . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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