誼

誼 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口十月一 (YRJBM), four-corner 0361₇, composition ⿰訁宜)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1166, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35605
• Dae Jaweon: page 1631, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3992, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8ABC

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋrals) : semantic 言 + phonetic 宜 (OC *ŋral).

In some lects, the pronunciation of 誼／谊 is the same as that of 宜 (i.e. in the light level tone (陽平／阳平)). This is the result of dubanbian (讀半邊／读半边 (dúbànbiān)).

誼

1. friendship

   友誼／友谊  ―  yǒuyì  ―  friendship

2. ^† Alternative form of 義／义 (yì)

   • 知自貴於物，然後知仁誼。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     知自贵于物，然后知仁谊。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Zhī zì guì yú wù, ránhòu zhī rényì. [Pinyin]

     Having understood that one's very self is dearer than any external object, one then begins to understand charity and morality.

3. ^† Alternative form of 議／议 (yì)

• “誼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. friendship
2. closeness; intimacy

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kun: よい (yoi, 誼い); よしみ (yoshimi, 誼)

誼 (eum 의 (ui))

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誼: Hán Nôm readings: nghị

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