义

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What 义 means

surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 义大利); justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship

Pictophonetic: semantic ⺷ (sheep; simplified form of 義), phonetic 乂

Made of 丶 + 乂

Words with 义

• 意义yì yìsense; meaning; significance; importance
• 正义zhèng yìjustice; righteousness; just; righteous
• 名义míng yìname; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose
• 义务yì wùduty; obligation (项); volunteer (work etc)
• 定义dìng yìdefinition; to define
• 含义hán yìmeaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning; hidden meaning; hint; connotation
• 主义zhǔ yì-ism; ideology
• 义气yì qìspirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5]
• 起义qǐ yìuprising; insurrection; revolt
• 共产主义gòng chǎn zhǔ yìcommunism
• 社会主义shè huì zhǔ yìsocialism
• 资本主义zī běn zhǔ yìcapitalism

义 in a sentence

• 这是您的义务。

  zhè shì nín de yì wù 。

  That's your responsibility.

• 你怎么定义“幸福”？

  nǐ zěn me dìng yì “ xìng fú ” ？

  How would you define "happiness"?

• 没有爱情的生活毫无意义。

  méi yǒu ài qíng de shēng huó háo wú yì yì 。

  Life without love is just totally pointless.

• 正义终将胜利。

  zhèng yì zhōng jiāng shèng lì 。

  Justice will prevail in the end.

• 我抓不到句子的确切含义。

  wǒ zhuā bú dào jù zi dí què qiè hán yì 。

  I can't get at the exact meaning of the sentence.

Characters that sound like 义

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