Chinese symbol for “morality”
道义
dào yì
Traditional: 道義
morality; righteousness and justice
The closest CC-CEDICT match for morality is 道义 (dào yì), defined as: morality; righteousness and justice.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “morality”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 道义.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
| 道德 | dào dé | virtue; morality |
| 频道 (頻道) | pín dào | frequency; (television) channel |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
| 主义 (主義) | zhǔ yì | -ism; ideology |
See also: Japanese symbol for “morality”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.