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

Stroke order

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Words containing 义

Word Meaning
book worship; bookishness
narrow sense; restricted sense
adopted son
transferred meaning
peasant revolt
collectivism
The Three Heroes and Five Gallants, a novel
Sanyi township in Miaoli county miáo lì xiàn, northwest Taiwan
Sanyi township in Miaoli county miáo lì xiàn, northwest Taiwan
to define
policy of non-recognition
policy of nonresistance
injustice
Sinocentrism
Communist Youth League of China; China Youth League
"socialism with Chinese characteristics"
subjectivism
hedonist
popular uprising
those with lofty ideals (idiom); men of vision
mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
loyal to friends; generous in helping others
Laiyi, a township in Pingtung, Taiwan
Laiyi Township, Pingtung, Taiwan
environmentalism