義
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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
義 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹手戈 (TGHQI), four-corner 80553, composition ⿱𦍌我)
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: 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
ChineseEdit
trad. | 義 | |
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simp. | 义* | |
alternative forms | 羛 |
Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 義 | |||
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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, OC *ŋrals): semantic 羊 (“sheep”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with 儀 (OC *ŋral, “ceremony; appearance”). See there for more.
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
義
- right conduct; righteousness; justice; morality
- 子曰:「君子義以為上。君子有勇而無義為亂,小人有勇而無義為盜。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐyuē: “Jūnzǐ yì yǐwéi shàng. Jūnzǐ yǒu yǒng ér wú yì wéi luàn, xiǎorén yǒu yǒng ér wú yì wéi dào.” [Pinyin]
- The superior man holds righteousness to be of highest importance. A man in a superior situation, having valor without righteousness, will be guilty of insubordination; one of the lower people having valor without righteousness, will commit robbery.
子曰:“君子义以为上。君子有勇而无义为乱,小人有勇而无义为盗。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- ties between people; relationship
- meaning; implication
- righteous or for the public good
- (in compounds) adoptive or formally acknowledged as a relative but not related by blood
- (in compounds) artificial
- (Taiwan) Short for 義大利/义大利 (Yìdàlì, “Italy”).
- A surname.
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 義
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
義
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: 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
NounEdit
- justice; a situation which has a right and proper reason
- a meaning
- a relative who has no blood relation
- an object which can be used properly instead of a right one
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
CompoundsEdit
- 주의 (主義, juui, “a principle or set of principles; a doctrine; an ism”)
- 의리 (義理, uiri, “loyalty; fidelity”)
- 정의 (正義, jeong'ui, “justice”)
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
義: Hán Nôm readings: nghĩa, nghì, ngửi, ngãi
- meaning
- morality; duty