Stroke order (Japan)

義 (Kangxi radical 123,羊+7, 13 strokes,cangjie input廿土竹手戈 (TGHQI),four-corner8055₃,composition⿱𦍌我)

• 儀, 嬟, 嶬, 㩘, 䧧, 㼁, 㬢, 檥, 燨, 犠, 礒, 艤, 蟻, 議, 轙, 䰮, 䲑, 鸃
• 䣡, 䴊, 㠖, 䕏, 䉝, 㕒

• 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

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

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

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

義

1. rightconduct;righteousness;justice;morality

   正義／正义  ― zhèngyì  ―  justice

   大義滅親／大义灭亲  ― dàyìmièqīn  ―  to place righteousness before family

   • 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.]
     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.]

     From: TheAnalects of Confucius,c. 475 – 221BCE, translated based onJames Legge's version

     Zǐyuē: “Jūnzǐyì yǐwéi shàng. Jūnzǐ yǒu yǒng ér wúyì wéi luàn, xiǎorén yǒu yǒng ér wúyì wéi dào.”[Pinyin]

     The superior man holdsrighteousness to be of highest importance. A man in a superior situation, having valor withoutrighteousness, will be guilty of insubordination; one of the lower people having valor withoutrighteousness, will commit robbery.

2. ties between people;relationship

   忘恩負義／忘恩负义  ― wàng'ēnfùyì  ―  to be devoid of gratefulness; to forget someone’s kindness and turn one’s back on him

   有情有義／有情有义  ― yǒuqíngyǒuyì  ―  having affection and faith

3. meaning;implication

   歧義／歧义  ― qíyì  ―  ambiguity (in language or wording)

   同義詞／同义词  ― tóngyìcí  ―  synonym

4. righteous or for thepublic good

   義師／义师  ― yìshī  ―  army fighting a just war

   義舉／义举  ― yìjǔ  ―  magnanimous act undertaken for the public good

5. (in compounds)adoptive orformallyacknowledged as arelative but notrelated byblood

   義父／义父  ― yìfù  ―  person formally acknowledged as one's father

   義兄／义兄  ― yìxiōng  ―  sworn elder brother

6. (in compounds)artificial

   義肢／义肢  ― yìzhī  ―  prosthetic leg

7. (Taiwan)short for義大利／义大利 (Yìdàlì, “Italy”)

   義政府／义政府  ― Yì zhèngfǔ  ― Italian government

   赴義／赴义  ― fùYì  ― (formal) to go toItaly

   訪義／访义  ― fǎngYì  ― (formal) to visitItaly

8. asurname

• “義”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
• 李如龙[Li, Ru-long];刘福铸[Liu, Fu-zhu];吴华英[Wu, Hua-ying];黄国城[Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “义”, in莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min),Xiamen University Press,→ISBN, page160.

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

• 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)

• (Tokyo)ぎ[gíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲi]

義(ぎ)• (gi) 

1. justice; a situation which has aright andproper reason
   • 正義(せいぎ)(seigi)
   • 主義(しゅぎ)(shugi): principle
   • 義務(ぎむ)(gimu): obligation
   • Antonyms :奸(かん)(kan,“evil”)
2. ameaning
   • 意義(いぎ)(igi)
   • 定義(ていぎ)(teigi): definition
   • 奥義(おうぎ)(ōgi)
3. a relative who has no blood relation
   • 義(ぎ)父(ふ)(gifu)
   • 義(ぎ)母(ぼ)(gibo)
   • 義(ぎ)親(しん)(gishin)
   • 義(ぎ)兄(けい)(gikei)
   • 義(ぎ)姉(し)(gishi)
   • 義(ぎ)弟(てい)(gitei)
   • 義(ぎ)妹(まい)(gimai)
4. an object which can be used properly instead of a right one
   • 義眼(ぎがん)(gigan)
   • 義手(ぎしゅ)(gishu)
   • 義足(ぎそく)(gisoku)
   • 義体(ぎたい)(gitai)

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ɕi]

義(よし)• (Yoshi) 

1. a malegiven name

義 (eumhun옳을의(oreul ui))

1. hanja form^? of의(“rightconduct;righteousness;justice;morality”)

• 주의 (主義,juui, “aprinciple or set of principles; adoctrine; anism”)
• 의리 (義理,uiri, “loyalty;fidelity”)
• 정의 (正義,jeong'ui, “justice”)

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

義• (nghĩa)

1. chữ Hán form ofnghĩa
   1. meaning
   2. morality;duty

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