儀

See also: 仪

Translingual

Han character

儀 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人廿土戈 (OTGI), four-corner 2825₃, composition ⿰亻義)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1172
• Dae Jaweon: page 251, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 228, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5100

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Chinese

trad.		儀
simp.		仪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儀
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions b12335 Small seal script s05797 Transcribed ancient scripts L30247 L30248 L30249 L01702 L01703 L01704 L01705
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
莪	*ŋaːl
哦	*ŋaːl
娥	*ŋaːl
峨	*ŋaːl
峩	*ŋaːl
鵝	*ŋaːl
俄	*ŋaːl
蛾	*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋	*ŋaːl
涐	*ŋaːl
誐	*ŋaːl
硪	*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我	*ŋaːlʔ
騀	*ŋaːlʔ
餓	*ŋaːls
義	*ŋrals
儀	*ŋral
轙	*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥	*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻	*ŋralʔ
艤	*ŋralʔ
礒	*ŋralʔ
羛	*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議	*ŋrals
犧	*hŋral
曦	*hŋral
羲	*hŋral

Etymology

Sino-Tibetan in origin. Cognate with the following (Schuessler (2007), STEDT):

• 宜 (OC *ŋral, “proper; suitable”)
• 義 (OC *ŋrals, “righteous”)
• 議 (OC *ŋrals, “to discuss; to comment; to criticize”)
• 犧 (OC *hŋral, “sacrifice (v., n.)”)

Schuessler (2007) considers them to be cognate with Mizo ŋaiᴴ / ŋaiʔᴸ (“to think; consider; be necessary; have need to; be customary”), Khumi Chin ŋài (“to wish; to need”), Lai ŋaaj / ŋaʔj (“to yearn; to long for”), Tedim Chin ŋaːi² (“to love”).

On the other hand, STEDT provisionally sets up Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaay (“listen; hark”), which is compared to the 5 Sinitic words.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Wade–Giles: i²
    • Yale: yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî
    • Tâi-lô: gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngje

Rime
Character	儀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚羈切
Baxter	ngje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ŋje/
Wang Li	/ŋǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)aj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	儀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yí
Middle Chinese	‹ ngje ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)aj/
English	right, proper; ceremony
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	儀
Reading #	1/1
No.	13046
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	宜
Old Chinese	/*ŋral/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 儀

1. ceremony; rite
2. appearance
3. apparatus; tool

   脫毛儀／脱毛仪  ―  tuōmáoyí  ―  body hair removal tool

   行車記錄儀／行车记录仪  ―  xíngchē jìlùyí  ―  dashcam

4. gift; present
5. to admire

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Japanese

Kanji

儀

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
• Kun: よい (yoi, 儀い); のり (nori, 儀); のっとる (nottoru)
• Nanori: きたる (kitaru); ただし (tadashi); のり (nori); よし (yoshi)

Kanji in this term
儀
ぎ Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 儀 (ŋˠiᴇ)

Affix

儀(ぎ) • (gi) 

1. ceremony
2. model

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 儀(ぎ)式(しき) (gishiki, “ceremony”)
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)儀(ぎ) (chikyūgi, “globe”)
• 天(てん)象(しょう)儀(ぎ) (tenshōgi, “planetarium”)
• 八(はち)分儀(ぶんぎ) (hachibungi)
• 秘儀(ひぎ) (higi)
• 難儀(なんぎ) (nangi)
• 礼儀(れいぎ) (reigi)
• 六(ろく)分儀(ぶんぎ) (rokubungi)

Noun

儀(ぎ) • (gi) 

1. ceremony
2. thing

Suffix

儀(ぎ) • (-gi) 

1. thing, in relation to

Usage notes

Used after a name or personal pronoun in letters and notices.

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Korean

Hanja

儀 (eum 의 (ui))

1. ceremony
2. model

Compounds

• 태양계의 (太陽系儀, taeyanggyeui, “orrery”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

儀: Hán Nôm readings: nghi, nghe, nghỉ, nghè, nghì, ngơi

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