議

See also 议

Translingual

simpl.		议
trad.		議

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 言 (“talk”) + 義

Han character

議 (radical 149 言+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿土戈 (YRTGI), four-corner 0865₃)

1. consult, talk over, discuss

Descendants

• 议

References

• KangXi: page 1183, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36027
• Dae Jaweon: page 1647, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4026, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8B70

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Cantonese

Hanzi

議 (simplified 议, jyutping ji3, ji5, ji6, Yale yi3, yi5, yi6)

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Japanese

Ryakuji for 議, a phono-semantic simplification as 言 (semantic) + ギ (phonetic “gi” for on reading); compare 機 and 魔/摩.

Kanji

議 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぎ (gi)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru)

Compounds

議員 (ぎいん, giin) 議会 (ぎかい, gikai) 議事 (ぎじ, giji) 議長 (ぎちょう, gichō)

議論 (ぎろん, giron) 抗議 (こうぎ, kōgi) 談議 (だんぎ, dangi) 動議 (どうぎ, dōgi)

発議 (はつぎ, hatsugi) 論議 (ろんぎ, rongi)

Proper noun

議 (hiragana はかる, romaji Hakaru)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

議 (simplified 议, pinyin yì (yi4), Wade-Giles i⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

議 (nghị, nghĩ, ngợi)