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U+7FA9, 義
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FA9

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

Translingual

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Stroke order (Japan)
13 strokes

Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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trad.
simp. *
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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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

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

Pronunciation

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  • 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/
Bernhard
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

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  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

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Descendants

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

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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() (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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Proper noun

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(よし) (Yoshi

  1. a male given name

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 옳을 (oreul ui))

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

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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

Noun

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(nghĩa)

  1. chữ Hán form of nghĩa.
    1. meaning
    2. morality; righteousness; justice; rightfulness
    3. duty; obligation
    4. rules and regulations; the law
    5. use; utility
    6. Clipping of 義大利 (Italy).
    7. a surname

Adjective

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(nghĩa)

  1. chữ Hán form of nghĩa.
    1. (archaic) adoptive

Compounds

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