Chinese symbol for “righteous”
正义
zhèng yì
Traditional: 正義
justice; righteousness; just; righteous; (in the titles of traditional commentaries) correct interpretation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for righteous is 正义 (zhèng yì), defined as: justice; righteousness; just; righteous; (in the titles of traditional commentaries) correct interpretation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “righteous”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 正义.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true; really; indeed |
| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal; official |
| 正常 | zhèng cháng | normal; regular |
| 正确 (正確) | zhèng què | correct; sound; right; proper |
| 正是 | zhèng shì | is precisely |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
| 主义 (主義) | zhǔ yì | -ism; ideology |
See also: Japanese symbol for “righteous”.
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.