义 — Chinese character
义
yì
right conduct, propriety; justice
- Pinyin
- yì
- Radical
- 3 ⼂ (Dot)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 丶 乂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sheep; simplified form of 義; meaning component ⺷; sound component 乂
- Traditional
- 義
Common words with 义
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
| 主义 (主義) | zhǔ yì | -ism; ideology |
| 社会主义 (社會主義) | shè huì zhǔ yì | socialism |
| 正义 (正義) | zhèng yì | justice; righteousness; just; righteous |
| 定义 (定義) | dìng yì | definition; to define |
| 名义 (名義) | míng yì | name; titular |
| 义务 (義務) | yì wù | duty; obligation (项 (xiàng)); volunteer (work etc) |
| 资本主义 (資本主義) | zī běn zhǔ yì | capitalism |
| 起义 (起義) | qǐ yì | uprising; insurrection |
| 含义 (含義) | hán yì | meaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning |
| 共产主义 (共產主義) | gòng chǎn zhǔ yì | communism |
| 恐怖主义 (恐怖主義) | kǒng bù zhǔ yì | terrorism |
English words written with 义
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.