Kanji1 / 13
義 kanji
righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
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Kun readings
NoneWords with 義
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —礼義manners; courtesy; etiquette
- —論義discussion; argument; debate
- —義援(charitable) donation; contribution; alms
- —義膜false membrane; pseudomembrane
- —義捐金donation money (esp. disaster relief or charity); contribution
- —義俠心chivalrous spirit
- —似義須deepsea smelt (Glossanodon semifasciatus)
- —仁義立doing one's duty; upholding one's moral code
- —浪漫主義romanticism
- —集散主義collectivism
- —仏恥義理(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
- —白濠主義White Australia Policy (pre-1966 Australian immigration policy)
- —義理まんsexual intercourse permitted (by a woman) due to a sense of obligation (rather than desire)
- —些末主義trivialism
- —事勿れ主義(philosophy of) not rocking the boat; (principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie
- —義務づけるto obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
- —ご都合主義opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
- —義理がたいpossessed of a strong sense of duty
- —はん用定義generic definitions
- —仁義をきるto make a formal salutation (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); to formally greet; to pay one's respects