宜

宜 U+5B9C, 宜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9C ← 宛 [U+5B9B] CJK Unified Ideographs 宝 → [U+5B9D]

See also: 宣 and 冝

Translingual

Han character

宜 (radical 40 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十月一 (JBM), four-corner 3010₇, composition ⿱宀且)

References

• KangXi: page 284, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7111
• Dae Jaweon: page 561, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 920, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5B9C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		宜

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 宜
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (多) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
多	*ʔl'aːl
哆	*ʔl'aːlʔ, *ʔl'aːls, *ʔr'aːls, *hr'aːl, *l̥ʰjaːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *l̥ʰjɯs
跢	*ʔl'aːls, *ʔl'aːds
痑	*ʔl'aːls, *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːn
爹	*daːʔ, *tjaː
陊	*l'aːlʔ, *l'alʔ
橠	*naːlʔ
袲	*naːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
奓	*ʔr'aːl, *ʔr'aːls
栘	*ɦljeːl, *lal
黟	*ʔleːl, *ʔlil
趍	*sʰlo, *l'al
誃	*l'al, *l̥ʰjalʔ
簃	*l'al, *lal
眵	*ʔljjal, *l̥ʰjal
恀	*ʔljalʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljalʔ
侈	*l̥ʰjalʔ
姼	*l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljal, *ɦljalʔ
鉹	*l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
垑	*l̥ʰjalʔ
袳	*l̥ʰjalʔ
卶	*l̥ʰjals, *hljals
宜	*ŋral
誼	*ŋrals
竩	*ŋrals
移	*lal
迻	*lal
扅	*lal
拸	*lal, *lalʔ
熪	*lal
謻	*lal
蛥	*ɢljad

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): nyi²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): gî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: i²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
    • IPA ^(key): /nʲi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî
    • Tâi-lô: gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi²³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 宜
Mandarin	Beijing	/i³⁵/
	Harbin	/i⁵³/
	Tianjin	/i⁵³/
	Jinan	/i⁴²/
	Qingdao	/i⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/i⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ni²⁴/
	Xining	/ji²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/i⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/i⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/i²¹³/
	Wuhan	/i²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ȵi³¹/ /i³¹/
	Guiyang	/ni²¹/ 老 /i²¹/ 新
	Kunming	/ni³¹/
	Nanjing	/i²⁴/
	Hefei	/zz̩⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/i¹¹/
	Pingyao	/i¹³/
	Hohhot	/i³¹/ /i⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵi²³/
	Suzhou	/ȵi¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ȵi²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ȵi³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/ni⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/ȵi⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵi¹³/
	Xiangtan	/ȵi¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵi⁴⁵/ ～春市 /i⁰/ 便～
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋi¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/ŋi¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ji²¹/
	Nanning	/ni²¹/
	Hong Kong	/ji²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/gi³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ŋie⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ŋi²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ŋĩ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ŋi³¹/ /zi³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋˠiᴇ/▼

Rime
Character	宜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	魚羈切
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*ŋ(r)aj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋral/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宜	宜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yí	yí
Middle Chinese	‹ ngje ›	‹ ngje ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)aj/	/*ŋ(r)aj/
English	sacrifice to the deity of the soil (K)	proper; should
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	宜
Reading #	1/1
No.	2677
Phonetic component	多
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	宜
Old Chinese	/*ŋral/
Notes	說文多省聲，古文從多。甲金文象俎加多，多本象重肉，亦聲

Definitions

宜

1. appropriate; suitable; proper

   • 父母在，則宜圖婚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

     父母在，则宜图婚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《孔叢子》, 論書, Ch. 2

     Fùmǔ zài, zé yí tú hūn. [Pinyin]

     The approval of the parents makes a fitting marriage.

2. should
3. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms from 宜

• 不便宜
• 不入時宜／不入时宜
• 不合時宜／不合时宜
• 不宜 (bùyí)
• 不達時宜／不达时宜
• 事不宜遲／事不宜迟 (shìbùyíchí)
• 事宜 (shìyí)
• 人地相宜
• 便宜 (piányi)
• 便宜主義／便宜主义
• 便宜從事／便宜从事
• 便宜施行
• 便宜處分／便宜处分
• 便宜處置／便宜处置
• 便宜行事 (biànyí-xíngshì)
• 便宜話／便宜话
• 便宜貨／便宜货 (piányihuò)
• 北宜公路
• 占便宜
• 占盡便宜／占尽便宜
• 各得其宜
• 合宜 (héyí)
• 合時宜／合时宜
• 咸宜 (xiányí)
• 因事制宜
• 因地制宜 (yīndìzhìyí)

• 因時制宜／因时制宜
• 固宜
• 土宜
• 失宜 (shīyí)
• 宜人 (yírén)
• 宜侯夨簋
• 宜喜宜嗔
• 宜嗔宜喜
• 宜室宜家
• 宜家 (yíjiā)
• 宜春 (Yíchūn)
• 宜春帖
• 宜母子
• 宜然
• 宜男
• 宜興壺／宜兴壶
• 宜興瓷／宜兴瓷
• 宜顰宜笑／宜颦宜笑
• 宜黃腔／宜黄腔
• 小便宜
• 左宜右有
• 布宜諾／布宜诺
• 廉宜
• 得宜
• 揀便宜／拣便宜

• 撿便宜／捡便宜
• 擇福宜重／择福宜重
• 時宜／时宜 (shíyí)
• 機宜／机宜
• 權宜／权宜 (quányí)
• 權宜之計／权宜之计
• 氣盛言宜／气盛言宜
• 沾便宜
• 用舍失宜
• 相宜 (xiāngyí)
• 納宜／纳宜
• 老少咸宜 (lǎoshàoxiányí)
• 老幼咸宜
• 落便宜
• 討便宜／讨便宜
• 貪便宜／贪便宜
• 貪小便宜／贪小便宜
• 輕重失宜／轻重失宜
• 適宜／适宜 (shìyí)
• 防範得宜／防范得宜
• 隨宜／随宜
• 隨時制宜／随时制宜
• 靜宜園／静宜园
• 靜宜大學／静宜大学
• 面授機宜／面授机宜

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Japanese

Kanji

宜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. best regards

Readings

• Goon: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
• Kun: よろしい (yoroshii, 宜しい); むべ (mube, 宜)

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Korean

Hanja

宜 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宜 (nghi, ngơi, nghe)

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