義 – righteousness, justice, morality

13 strokesTaught in grade 5#415 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 義 means righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ギ (gi). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 羊 (no. 123).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ギ	gi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 羊 (Kangxi radical 123). Components: 一・王・并・羊・亅・戈・手.

Words using 義

講義こうぎlecture主義しゅぎdoctrine義務ぎむduty意義いぎmeaning義理ぎりduty正義せいぎjustice定義ていぎdefinition

Example sentences

その講義へ来た人はほとんどいなかった。

Few people came to the lecture.

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それは私の主義に反する。

That runs against my principles.

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このような義務があるなんて知らなかった。

I never knew about such a duty.

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Kanji with the same radical

美群羊羨

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