義

See also: 义 and 羲

義	U+7FA9, 義 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FA9

← 羨
[U+7FA8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

羪 →
[U+7FAA]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order


(traditional)	(modern)

Han characterEdit

義 (radical 123, 羊+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹手戈 (TGHQI), four-corner 8055₃, composition ⿱𦍌我)

Derived charactersEdit

議

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: page 952, character 32
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28504
Dae Jaweon: page 1397, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3133, character 2
Unihan data for U+7FA9

ChineseEdit

trad.		義
simp.		义^*

Glyph originEdit

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

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, OC *ŋrals): semantic 羊 (“sheep”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

(Chengdu, SP): nyi⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngi

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngi⁴
Min Bei (KCR): ngī
Min Dong (BUC): ngiê
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): gī

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngi⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): nyi (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
  - IPA ^(key): /nʲi²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶
  - Yale: yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴
  - IPA: /ɲi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngi⁴
  - IPA: /ɲi⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngī
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiê
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋiɛ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī
  - Tâi-lô: gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngi⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngĭ
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋi³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nyi (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²³/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 義
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/ 老 /i²¹³/ 新
	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/
Hui	Tunxi	/ȵi¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵi⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ȵi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵi²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋi⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ŋi⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ji²²/
	Nanning	/ji²²/
	Hong Kong	/ji²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/gi²²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ŋiɛ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ŋi⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ŋĩ³⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ŋi³⁵/ /ŋi³³/

Middle Chinese: /ŋˠiᴇ^H/▼

Rime
Character	義
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	宜寄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ŋje^H/
Wang Li	/ŋǐe^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)aj-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋrals/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	義
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ngje^H ›
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	義
Reading #	1/1
No.	13045
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	議
Old Chinese	/*ŋrals/

DefinitionsEdit

義

right conduct; righteousness; justice; morality
meaning; implication
rule; regulation
charity; free
adopted; foster
(Taiwan) Short for 義大利／义大利 (Yìdàlì, “Italy”).
A surname.

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 義

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

ReadingsEdit

Goon: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
Kan’on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
Kun: よい (yoi, 義い); よしとする (yoshitosuru, 義しとする); よく (yoku, 義く)
Nanori: よし (yoshi)

CompoundsEdit

定 (てい)義 (ぎ) (teigi)

NounEdit

義 (hiragana ぎ, rōmaji gi)

justice; a situation which has a right and proper reason
- 正 (せい)義 (ぎ) (seigi)
- 主 (しゅ)義 (ぎ) (shugi): principle
- 義 (ぎ)務 (む) (gimu): obligation
- Antonyms : 奸 (かん) (kan, “evil”)
a meaning
- 意 (い)義 (ぎ) (igi)
- 定 (てい)義 (ぎ) (teigi): definition
- 奥 (おう)義 (ぎ) (ōgi)
a relative who has no blood relation
- 義 (ぎ)父 (ふ) (gifu)
- 義 (ぎ)母 (ぼ) (gibo)
- 義 (ぎ)兄 (けい) (gikei)
an object which can be used properly instead of a right one
- 義 (ぎ)眼 (がん) (gigan)
- 義 (ぎ)手 (しゅ) (gishu)
- 義足 (ぎそく) (gisoku)
- 義体 (ぎたい) (gitai)

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

義 (nghĩa, nghì, ngửi, ngãi)

meaning
morality; duty

義

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Han characterEdit

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

ChineseEdit

Glyph originEdit

PronunciationEdit

DefinitionsEdit

CompoundsEdit

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NounEdit

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