義

See also 义

Translingual

Stroke order
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Han character

義 (radical 123 羊+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹手戈 (TGHQI), four-corner 8055₃, composition ⿱𦍌我)

1. right conduct, righteousness, justice, morality
2. meaning

Derived characters

• 議

References

• KangXi: page 952, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28504
• Dae Jaweon: page 1397, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3133, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7FA9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

義 (simplified 义, jyutping ji6, Yale yi6)

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Japanese

Kanji

義 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぎ (gi)
• Kun: よい (yoi), よしとする (yoshitosuru), よく (yoku)

Compounds

義捐 (ぎえん, gien) 義侠 (ぎきょう, gikyō) 義訓 (ぎくん, gikun)

義憤 (ぎふん, gihun) 義務 (ぎむ, gimu) 仁義 (じんぎ, jingi)

定義 (ていぎ, teigi)

Noun

義 (hiragana ぎ, romaji gi)

1. a situation which has a right and proper reason
   • 正義 (せいぎ, seigi, “justice”), 主義 (しゅぎ, shugi, “principle”), 義務 (ぎむ, gimu, “obligation”)
2. a meaning
   • 意義 (いぎ, igi), 定義 (ていぎ, teigi, “definition”), 奥義 (おうぎ, ōgi)
3. a relative who has no blood relation
   • 義父 (ぎふ, gifu), 義母 (ぎぼ, gibo), 義兄 (ぎけい, gikei)
4. an object which can be used properly instead of a right one
   • 義眼 (ぎがん, gigan), 義手 (ぎしゅ, gishu), 義足 (ぎそく, gisoku), 義体 (ぎたい, gitai)

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Korean

Hanja

義 (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

義 (simplified 义, pinyin láng (lang2), yì (yi4), Wade-Giles lang², i⁴)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

義 (POJ gī)

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Vietnamese

Han character

義 (nghĩa, nghì, ngửi, ngãi)