宜

See also: 宣 and 冝

宜	U+5B9C, 宜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9C

← 宛
[U+5B9B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

宝 →
[U+5B9D]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		宜
alternative forms		宐㝖𡨆𠣨𡪀宐㝖𡨆𠣨𡪀冝

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 宜

Shang

Western Zhou

Warring States

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Oracle bone script

Bronze inscriptions

Chu slip and silk script

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Oracle bone script**
File:ACC-j17573.svg j17573	File:ACC-j17574.svg j17574	j29132	j29133	j29134	j29135	j29136	j29137
j29138	j29139	j29140	j29141	j29142	j29143	j29144	j29145
j29146	j29147	j29148	j29149	j29150	j29151	j29152	j29153
j29154	j29155	j29156	j29157	j29158	j29159	j29160	j29161
j29162	j29163	j29164	j29165	j29166	j29167	j29168	j29169
j29170	j29171	j29172	j29173	j29174	j29175	j29176	j29177
j29178	j29179	j29180

**Bronze inscriptions**
File:ACC-b11667.svg b11667	File:ACC-b11668.svg b11668	File:ACC-b11669.svg b11669	File:ACC-b11670.svg b11670	File:ACC-b11671.svg b11671	File:ACC-b11672.svg b11672	File:ACC-b11673.svg b11673	File:ACC-b11674.svg b11674
File:ACC-b11675.svg b11675	File:ACC-b11676.svg b11676	File:ACC-b11677.svg b11677	File:ACC-b11678.svg b11678	File:ACC-b11679.svg b11679	File:ACC-b11680.svg b11680	File:ACC-b11681.svg b11681	File:ACC-b11682.svg b11682
File:ACC-b11683.svg b11683

**Small seal script**
File:ACC-s05257.svg s05257	File:ACC-s05258.svg s05258	File:ACC-s05259.svg s05259

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
File:ACC-L30237.svg L30237	File:ACC-L30238.svg L30238	File:ACC-L30239.svg L30239	File:ACC-L30240.svg L30240	File:ACC-L30241.svg L30241	File:ACC-L30242.svg L30242	File:ACC-L30243.svg L30243	File:ACC-L30244.svg L30244
File:ACC-L30245.svg L30245	File:ACC-L30246.svg L30246	File:ACC-L01684.svg L01684	File:ACC-L01685.svg L01685	File:ACC-L01686.svg L01686	File:ACC-L01687.svg L01687	File:ACC-L01688.svg L01688	File:ACC-L01689.svg L01689
File:ACC-L01690.svg L01690	File:ACC-L01691.svg L01691	File:ACC-L01692.svg L01692	File:ACC-L01693.svg L01693	File:ACC-L01694.svg L01694	File:ACC-L01695.svg L01695	File:ACC-L01696.svg L01696	File:ACC-L01697.svg L01697
File:ACC-L01698.svg L01698	File:ACC-L01699.svg L01699	File:ACC-L01700.svg L01700

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 (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

Originally a pictogram (象形) or ideogrammic compound (會意): 且 (“sacrifical altar”) + 多 (“two pieces of meat”) – two pieces of sacrificial meat placed in a sacrifical altar.

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with 儀 (OC *ŋral, “ceremony; appearance”). See there for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yí (yi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

(Chengdu, SP): nyi²
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngì / nì
Min Bei (KCR): ngǐ
Min Dong (BUC): ngì / ngiè
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): gî

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yí
  - Wade–Giles: i²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲi²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴
  - Yale: yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì / nì
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiˇ / niˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² / ni²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi¹¹/, /ni¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngǐ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngì / ngiè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵³/, /ŋie⁵³/

Note:

ngì - literary;
ngiè - vernacular.

Min Nan

(Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî
- Tâi-lô: gî
- Phofsit Daibuun: gii
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi²³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /ɡi²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³/
(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ngi⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngî
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵⁵/

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/
Hui	Tunxi	/ȵi⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵi¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ȵi¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵi⁴⁵/ ～春市 /i⁰/ 便～
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋi¹¹/
Hakka	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/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁴

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[edit]

宜

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.
should; ought to
probably; seemingly
a surname

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 宜

不便宜
不宜 (bùyí)
事宜 (shìyí)
人地相宜
便宜 (piányi)
便宜施行
便宜行事 (biànyíxíngshì)
北宜公路
各得其宜
合宜 (héyí)
因事制宜
因地制宜 (yīndìzhìyí)
固宜
土宜
失宜 (shīyí)
宜人 (yírén)
宜侯夨簋
宜君 (Yíjūn, “Yijun”)
宜和 (Yíhé)
宜喜宜嗔
宜嗔宜喜
宜城 (Yíchéng)
宜室宜家
宜家 (yíjiā)
宜昌 (Yíchāng)
宜春 (Yíchūn)
宜春帖
宜母子 (yímǔzǐ)
宜然

宜男
宜都 (Yídū)
小便宜 (xiǎopiányi)
屋宜
左宜右有
廉宜
得宜 (déyí)
沾便宜
用舍失宜
相宜 (xiāngyí)
落便宜
食宜 (shíyí)
占便宜
咸宜 (xiányí)
老少咸宜 (lǎoshàoxiányí)
老幼咸宜
不入時宜／不入时宜
不合時宜／不合时宜 (bùhéshíyí)
不達時宜／不达时宜
事不宜遲／事不宜迟 (shìbùyíchí)
便宜主義／便宜主义 (piányi zhǔyì)
便宜從事／便宜从事 (biànyícóngshì)
便宜處分／便宜处分
便宜處置／便宜处置
便宜話／便宜话
便宜貨／便宜货 (piányihuò)
冤家宜解不宜結／冤家宜解不宜结 (yuānjiā yí jiě bùyí jié)
占盡便宜／占尽便宜
合時宜／合时宜 (héshíyí)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

宜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Go-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
Kun: よろしい (yoroshii, 宜しい); むべ (mube, 宜)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

宜: Hán Nôm readings: nghi, ngơi, nghe

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宜

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Translingual[edit]

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References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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