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U+7FA9, 義
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FA9

[U+7FA8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7FAA]

Translingual edit

Stroke order (Japan)
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 123, +7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹手戈 (TGHQI), four-corner 80553, composition 𦍌)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 952, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28504
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1397, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3133, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7FA9

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. *
alternative forms

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋrals): phonetic (OC *ŋaːlʔ) + semantic . The component here signifies "good; beautiful; auspicious" and not "sheep". See , and .

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /i⁵¹/
Harbin /i⁵³/
Tianjin /i⁵³/
Jinan /i²¹/
Qingdao /i⁴²/
Zhengzhou /i³¹²/
Xi'an /i⁴⁴/
Xining /ji²¹³/
Yinchuan /i¹³/
Lanzhou /i¹³/
Ürümqi /i²¹³/
Wuhan /i³⁵/
Chengdu /ȵi¹³/
Guiyang /ni²¹³/
/i²¹³/
Kunming /i²¹²/
Nanjing /i⁴⁴/
Hefei /zz̩⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /i⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ȵi³⁵/
Hohhot /i⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ȵi²³/
Suzhou /ɦi³¹/
Hangzhou /ȵi¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵi²²/
Hui Shexian /ni²²/
Tunxi /ȵi¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ȵi⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ȵi⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /ȵi²¹/
Hakka Meixian /ŋi⁵³/
Taoyuan /ŋi⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ji²²/
Nanning /ji²²/
Hong Kong /ji²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /gi²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋiɛ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋi⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ŋĩ³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ŋi³⁵/
/ŋi³³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (13)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjeH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋ(r)aj-s/
English duty; justice

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 13045
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋrals/

Definitions edit

  1. right conduct; righteousness; justice; morality
      ―  zhèng  ―  justice
    滅親灭亲  ―  mièqīn  ―  to place righteousness before family
  2. ties between people; relationship
    忘恩負忘恩负  ―  wàng'ēnfù  ―  to be devoid of gratefulness; to forget someone’s kindness and turn one’s back on him
    有情有有情有  ―  yǒuqíngyǒu  ―  having affection and faith
  3. meaning; implication
      ―    ―  ambiguity (in language or wording)
      ―  tóng  ―  synonym
  4. righteous or for the public good
      ―  shī  ―  army fighting a just war
      ―    ―  magnanimous act undertaken for the public good
  5. (in compounds) adoptive or formally acknowledged as a relative but not related by blood
      ―    ―  person formally acknowledged as one's father
      ―  xiōng  ―  sworn elder brother
  6. (in compounds) artificial
      ―  zhī  ―  prosthetic leg
  7. (Taiwan) Short for 義大利义大利 (Yìdàlì, “Italy”).
  8. a surname

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: () (gi)
  • Korean: 의(義) (ui)
  • Vietnamese: nghĩa ()

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Noun edit

() (gi

  1. justice; a situation which has a right and proper reason
  2. a meaning
  3. a relative who has no blood relation
  4. an object which can be used properly instead of a right one

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 옳을 (oreul ui))

  1. Hanja form? of (right conduct; righteousness; justice; morality).

Compounds edit

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: nghĩa, nghì, ngửi, ngãi

  1. meaning
  2. morality; duty