自慰

Chinese

 
from; self; oneself; since
 reassure
simp. and trad.
(自慰)		 自 慰

Pronunciation

Noun

自慰

  1. self-consolation; making oneself feel better
  2. (euphemistic) masturbation

Verb

自慰

  1. to console oneself; to make oneself feel better
  2. (euphemistic) to masturbate

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
自 慰
じ
Grade: 2		 い
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

/d͡ʑiwi/ → /d͡ʑii/

From Middle Chinese 自慰 (d͡ziɪH ʔʉiH, literally “self + console”).

Pronunciation

Noun

自慰 (hiragana じい, rōmaji jii, historical hiragana じゐ)

  1. (rare) self-consolation, making oneself feel better
  2. (medicine) masturbation

Synonyms

Verb

自慰する (hiragana じいする, rōmaji jii suru, historical hiragana じゐする)

  1. to console oneself, to make oneself feel better
  2. to masturbate

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja in this term
自慰

Noun

自慰 • (jawi) (hangeul 자위)

  1. Hanja form? of 자위 (“masturbation”).
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