meaning; righteousness; justice

Character data

Radical ⽺ (123.7)
Strokes 13
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

義 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

Words containing 義

Word Meaning
pragmatism
positivism; empiricism
feudalism
classic novel Investiture of the Gods
despotism; autocracy; absolutism
small-group mentality; cliquism
Shangyi County in Hebei
Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou zhāng jiā kǒu, Hebei
to die a martyr; to be killed for a righteous cause
Chongyi county in Ganzhou gàn zhōu, Jiangxi
Chongyi county in Ganzhou gàn zhōu, Jiangxi
leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927)
Bakuninism, a 19th century socialist theory
imperialism
egalitarianism
egalitarianism
broad sense; general sense
general relativity; Einstein's theory of gravity
constructivist theory
extended meaning (of an expression); derived sense
Formalism (art)
postmodernism
subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
ungrateful; forget kindness and favors
loyalty; loyal and righteous; fealty