consolation, amusement, seduce, cheer, make sport of, comfort, console
慰 centers on easing emotional pain: comforting someone, cheering them up, or providing consolation. The amusement and seduce senses are lighter applications of that same idea of soothing or diverting the heart.
慰 combines 尉 (a component associated with calming or soothing) with 心 (heart), suggesting the idea of calming the heart or providing comfort.
The top part 尉 looks like a person in authority, and the bottom 心 is the heart. Picture a kind officer soothing a troubled heart: 慰 means comfort and consolation.
For イ, imagine an eagle (イーグル) gently comforting a small bird with its wing: eagle -> イ, and the scene is one of consolation.
solace; relaxation
comfort; consolation; diversion
masturbation; onanism
consoling the spirits of the dead
consolation
to comfort; to console; to amuse
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
recognition of services
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
dissuasion (from resigning, leaving, etc.); persuading (to stay)
joint service for the war dead
condolence; sympathy
condolence money
comfort woman; prostitute who worked in military brothels, esp. one forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII
comforting the lovelorn
partly for fun; capricious
source of amusement; plaything
(person treated as a) plaything
to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to forget one's worries
to comfort one another; to offer each other consolation