義

See also: 义

Translingual

Stroke order
(traditional)	(modern)

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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Chinese

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trad.		義
simp.		义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ngi
• Min Nan (POJ): gī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: i⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶
    • Yale: yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ɲi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī
    • Tâi-lô: gī
    • IPA (Taipei): /gi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gi²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (義, reconstructed)
Character (義), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 宜寄切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋiᴇH/	/ŋie̯H/	/ŋieH/	/ŋiɛH/	/ŋiə̆H/	/ŋǐeH/	/ŋjɛH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (義, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
義								yì								‹ ngjeH ›								/*ŋ(r)aj-s/								duty; justice
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
義					13045					我					歌					1					議					/*ŋrals/

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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), 主義 (しゅぎ, shugi), 義務 (ぎむ, gimu)
2. a meaning
   • 意義 (いぎ, igi), 定義 (ていぎ, teigi), 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 (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

義 (nghĩa, nghì, ngửi, ngãi)

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