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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
- —要義essence
- —義臣loyal retainer
- —情義justice and humanity
- —義蜂cut-tailed bullhead (species of catfish, Pseudobagrus aurantiacus)
- —義義forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)
- —六義six forms of the Shi Jing (genre: folk song, festal song, hymn; style: narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison); six forms of waka (allegorical, enumerative, metaphorical, allusive, plain, congratulatory); six principles of calligraphy; six classes of kanji characters
- —音義kanji reading and meaning
- —須義cobia (Rachycentron canadum); sergeant fish
- —義親non-biological parents (step-parents, parents-in-law, etc.)
- —義認justification (by faith)
- —義体artificial body; cyborg
- —宗義denominational doctrine; doctrine of a sect
- —難義abstruseness; abstruse word
- —類義synonymy; similar meaning
- —理義reason and justice
- —勝義ultimate truth; original meaning (of a word)
- —解義explanation (of the meaning); interpretation
- —義解explanation (of the meaning); interpretation
- —秘義esoterica; mystery; sanctum
- —義爪plectrum