義 (ji6 | yi4) : justice; righteous; adopted; artificial

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義

ji6

yi4

[1] [n] justice; righteousness; chivalry
[2] [adj] righteous; just; moral
[3] [adj] adopted; adoptive; foster
[4] [adj] artificial; false; fake
[5] [n] meaning; significance; connotation

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 羊 (#123)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

義 / 义

Don't confuse with:
羲

This word has been viewed 18055 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Mar 2014 10:40

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天經地義 tin1 ging1 dei6 ji6 tian1 jing1 di4 yi4 = (in line with what's) right and proper

講義 gong2 ji6 jiang3 yi4 = teaching materials

主義 zyu2 ji6 zhu3 yi4 = idea; ideology; -ism

殖民主義 zik6 man4 zyu2 ji6 zhi2 min2 zhu3 yi4 = colonialism

社會主義 se5 wui6*2 zyu2 ji6 she4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 = socialism

資本主義 zi1 bun2 zyu2 ji6 zi1 ben3 zhu3 yi4 = capitalism

共產主義 gung6 caan2 zyu2 ji6 gong4 chan3 zhu3 yi4 = communism

民族主義 man4 zuk6 zyu2 ji6 min2 zu2 zhu3 yi4 = nationalism

馬克思主義 maa5 hak1 si1 zyu2 ji6 ma3 ke4 si1 zhu3 yi4 = Marxism

保守主義 bou2 sau2 zyu2 ji6 bao3 shou3 zhu3 yi4 = conservatism
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Showing 1 example containing 義

“自學”，顧名思義，就是不在學校學，也沒有老師指點，全靠自己學習。
As the name implies, "Self-study" does not involve going to school where teachers are there to teach and guide; one learns on his own.

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Decimal representation of this word: 義
Unicode code for this character: U+7fa9 (off-site link)

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