meaning; righteousness; justice

HSK 5 #208

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 208th character
Radical ⼃ (4.2)
Strokes 3
Index # 57
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

义 yì
  1. 1. meaning
  2. 2. righteousness
  3. 3. justice
  4. 4. relationship
  5. 5. friendship
  6. 6. adopted
  7. 7. foster (father etc)
  8. 8. artificial (tooth, limb etc)
  9. 9. surname Yi
  10. 10. TW abbr. for yì dà lì, Italy

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Words containing 义

Word Meaning
egalitarianism
general relativity; Einstein's theory of gravity
constructivist theory
postmodernism
subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
public-spirited
terrorist
to break all ties; to split up
feelings of gratitude and loyalty
change of meaning
heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
constitutionalism
eclecticism
the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)
would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
antisemitism
reformism; belief in gradual social change
Doctrine and Covenants
red tape
Stalinism
neoclassicism
Neoplatonism; later mystical Platonism
neocolonialism
New Democracy
On New Democracy (1940), by Mao Zedong