慰 means “console, comfort”

なぐさめる · nagusameru

Also: consolation, amusement, seduce, cheer

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): なぐさめる, なぐさむ
On'yomi (Chinese reading): イ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 15 strokes

The story

尉, which once meant pressing cloth smooth with a warm iron, over a heart (心): picture a crumpled heart gently pressed flat. 慰める is to comfort, 慰謝料 is compensation for emotional distress, and a 慰霊碑 is a memorial that consoles the dead.

Used in 慰める (nagusameru, to comfort), 慰謝料 (isharyou, compensation for distress), and 慰霊 (irei, consoling the spirits of the dead)

慰 means “console, comfort”

The story

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