慰安婦

See also: 慰安妇

Chinese
to comfort; to console woman
trad. (慰安婦) 慰安 婦
simp. (慰安妇) 慰安 妇

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 慰安婦(いあんふ) (ianfu).

Pronunciation

Noun

慰安婦

  1. comfort woman (woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
慰 安 婦
い
Grade: S		 あん
Grade: 3		 ふ
Grade: 5
on’yomi kan’yōon

Etymology

Compound of 慰安 (ian, “consolation, comfort”) +‎ 婦 (fu, “a woman”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いあ​んふ [ìáꜜǹfù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [iã̠ɰ̃ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

慰(い)安(あん)婦(ふ) • (ianfu) ←ゐあんふ (wianfu)?

  1. a comfort woman: a woman forced to serve soldiers as a prostitute
  2. (more specifically) such a woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
慰安婦

Noun

慰安婦 • (wianbu) (hangeul 위안부)

  1. Hanja form? of 위안부 (“comfort woman”).
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