慰 — consolation, amusement, seduce

なぐさめる慰 consolation

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+6170 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1158 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1177 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

consolation
amusement
seduce
cheer
make sport of
comfort
console

word

なぐさ nagusa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

慰(なぐさ) める nagusameru to comfort

い i On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

慰(い) 安(あん) ian consolation 慰(い) 謝(しゃ) isha consolation 慰(い) 霊(れい) irei consoling spirits of the dead

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

い尉 military officer

こころ心 heart #61

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#61 心 heart