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
environmentalism
environmentalist
environmental activism; environmentalism
bioterrorism
user-defined
masculism
heterosexism
differing opinion
generous with money to help others
give money freely; value loyalty and justice
Socialist Education Movement in 1960s China
social justice
social democracy
social Darwinism
mysticism
justice; righteousness
propriety, justice, honesty, sense of shame
Autumn Harvest Uprising led by Mao
scientism
ethnocentrism
racist (person)
utopian socialism
essentials; quintessence
Nazism
veganism, a diet consisting solely of plant products