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
- —義甲plectrum
- —衍義elaboration; amplification; explication
- —一義的having a single meaning; allowing only one interpretation; unequivocal; unambiguous; principal; primary; most important
- —義侠心chivalrous spirit
- —再定義redefinition; redefining
- —真意義true meaning
- —正義感sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
- —対義語antonym
- —同意義the same meaning
- —不義理neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; dishonour; injustice; ingratitude; failure to pay back one's debt
- —不信義faithlessness; insincerity
- —未定義undefined; unspecified
- —名義でin someone (else's) name
- —類義語similar words; words of similar meaning; synonym
- —無意義meaningless; insignificance
- —二義的secondary
- —律義者honest person; conscientious person
- —不徳義immorality; dishonesty
- —名義人holder of a title deed; stock holder; lease holder
- —義兄弟brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother