議

See also: 议

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𡅷

Related characters

• 议

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		議
simp.		议

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋrals) : semantic 言 (“talk”) + phonetic 義 (OC *ŋrals).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngi²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲi²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁵
    • Yale: yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī
    • Tâi-lô: gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni
    • MiniDict: nyi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjeH

Rime
Character	議
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	宜寄切
Baxter	ngjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiə̆H/
Li Rong	/ŋjeH/
Wang Li	/ŋǐeH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)aj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋrals/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	議
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjeH ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)aj-s/
English	discuss
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	議
Reading #	1/1
No.	13056
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	議
Old Chinese	/*ŋrals/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 議

1. to talk over; to discuss
2. to comment
3. opinion; suggestion

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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)

1. deliberation
2. consultation
3. debate
4. consideration

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
• Nanori: かた (kata); のり (nori); はかる (hakaru)

Compounds

Compounds

• 議(ぎ)員(いん) (gīn)
• 議(ぎ)会(かい) (gikai)
• 議(ぎ)事(じ) (giji)
• 議(ぎ)長(ちょう) (gichō)
• 議(ぎ)論(ろん) (giron)
• 不思(ふし)議(ぎ) (fushigi)
• 抗(こう)議(ぎ) (kōgi)
• 談(だん)議(ぎ) (dangi)
• 動(どう)議(ぎ) (dōgi)
• 発(はつ)議(ぎ) (hatsugi)
• 論(ろん)議(ぎ) (rongi)

Proper noun

議(はかる) or 議(proper) • (hakaru or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|はかる]]

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 議 (nghị, nghĩ, ngợi)

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