义

See also: 義, 乂, and 叉
义 U+4E49, 义
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E49
← 么
[U+4E48] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 乊 →
[U+4E4A]

Translingual
Stroke order
0 strokes

Han character

义 (Kangxi radical 3, 丶+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 戈大 (IK) or 難戈大 (XIK), composition ⿶乂丶)

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 82, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 124
  • Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 42, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+4E49

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 乂. Originally 乂 was borrowed because of homophony and being mostly displaced by (刈). Later, to avoid confusion a stroke was added on top of 乂 to distinguish correctly. Now a homophonic character; compare 舊 → 旧

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 义 – see 義 (“right conduct; righteousness; justice; morality; ties between people; relationship; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 義).
Notes:

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 义 – see 叉 (“fork; to use a fork; to pick up with a fork; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 叉).

Japanese

Kanji
义

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Alternative form of 叉

Readings
  • Go-on: しゃ (sha)
  • Kan-on: さ (sa)
  • Kun: また (mata, 义)
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