義

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Min Nan 6.1 Hanzi 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意) 羊 + 我.

A hand, holding a spear, protecting a sheep. It's common sense that protect the weaklings is a righteous behavior.

The Japanese version [1] of this page suggests a different Etymology, that can be more accurate than this one.

[edit] Han character

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

1. right conduct, righteousness, morality

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

義 (Yale yi6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

義 (grade 5 kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Compounds

義務

仁義

定義 (ていぎ, teigi), “‘definition’”)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

義 (POJ gī)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

義 (nghĩa, nghì, ngửi)