慰
wèi HSK5

comfort

慰 wèi
comfort verb
to soothe someone's grief, distress, or suffering; to console

老友的一番真诚话语深慰我心。

lǎo​yǒu de yī fān zhēn​chéng huà​yǔ shēn wèi wǒ xīn.

The sincere words of an old friend deeply comforted my heart.

reassure verb
to provide a sense of relief or gratified peace of mind

这番事业上的成就足以告慰祖先了。

zhè fān shì​yè shàng de chéng​jiù zú​yǐ gào wèi zǔ​xiān le.

This career achievement is enough to honor my ancestors.

comfort/encourage verb
to express sympathy, appreciation, or encouragement to someone, especially through an official or formal visit.

当地政府派人专门优慰了这些烈属。

dāng​dì zhèng​fǔ pài rén zhuān​mén yōu​wèi le zhè​xiē liè​shǔ.

The local government sent representatives to provide special care and condolences to the families of the martyrs.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,632nd most common 58.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,767th most common 28.7 per million appears in 16% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4.74 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
3.48 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+6170

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)