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

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

• 仪, 𭇀, 𭒻, 𡵌, 𤜥, 𭩚, 肞, 𥐟, 𮋬, 舣, 蚁, 议, 𰹵, 𨟳, 𩉠, 𱉌, 𩑐, 𰆕, 𢣊, 𢭒, 𦛥, 𥆶

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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 叉

Readings

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