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U+7FA9, 義
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FA9

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

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • 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
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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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

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

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  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”)
    政府政府   zhèngfǔ   Italian government
          (formal) to go to Italy
    访   fǎng    (formal) to visit Italy
  8. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

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

References

  • ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese 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), “”, 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, page 160.
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Japanese

Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: (gi, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: (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)

Compounds

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Noun

() (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

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

(よし) (Yoshi) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 옳을 (oreul ui))

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

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

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

Noun

(nghĩa)

  1. chữ Hán form of nghĩa
    1. meaning
    2. morality; duty

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