慰安婦

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

慰安婦

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

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

• (Tokyo) いあんふ [ìáꜜǹfù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [iã̠ɰ̃ɸɯ̟]

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

慰安婦 • (wianbu) (hangeul 위안부)

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