義 — righteousness, justice, morality

ぎ義 righteousness

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+7FA9 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #415 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #691 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

righteousness
justice
morality
honor
loyalty
meaning

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き・ぎ ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

義(ぎ) gi righteousness 主(しゅ) 義(ぎ) shugi principle 義(ぎ) 務(む) gimu duty 定(てい) 義(ぎ) teigi definition 講(こう) 義(ぎ) kougi lecture 意(い) 義(ぎ) igi significance 正(せい) 義(ぎ) seigi justice 有(ゆう) 意(い) 義(ぎ) yuuigi meaningful

Appears in idioms

大義名分四字熟語

big, righteousness, name, divide

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

ひつじ羊 sheep #123

われ我 ego

Used as component in (3)

ぎ議 deliberation ぎ儀 ceremony ぎ犠 sacrifice

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#123 羊 sheep

義 — righteousness, justice, morality

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き・ぎ ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (3)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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義 — righteousness, justice, morality

Meanings

word

き ・ぎ ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (3)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

き・ぎ ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).