慰
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wèi · to calm, to comfort, to reassure

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15Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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心Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 慰

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Example sentences

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Wǒ kě yǐ ān wèi tā.我可以安慰她。

I can comfort her.

Source: Tatoeba #779035 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mā gào sù wǒ yàoshi zì wèi wǒ jiù huì xiā.我妈告诉我要是自慰我就会瞎。

My mother told me that if I masturbated, I'd go blind.

Source: Tatoeba #9958157 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bù zhī dào gāi shuō shén me lái ān wèi nǐ.我不知道该说什么来安慰你。

I don't know what to say to make you feel better.

Source: Tatoeba #389396 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà xiē huā ér ān wèi le tā.那些花兒安慰了她。

The flowers cheered her up.

Source: Tatoeba #6475456 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zài ān wèi mǎ lí.我在安慰瑪麗。

I am consoling Mary.

Source: Tatoeba #6475457 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shuí qù ān wèi tā?誰去安慰她?

Who will console her?

Source: Tatoeba #6475458 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 慰 in context

  1. Say wèi, then recall the core meaning: to calm, to comfort, to reassure.
  2. Write all 15 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 安慰 (ān wèi), meaning “to comfort”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 慰 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.