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義

JLPT N1 SL5 13 strokes Frequency: #415

Meanings

Righteousness, Justice, Morality, Honor, Loyalty, Meaning

Radicals

羊

Decomposition

⿱羊我

Etymology

Pictophonetic: sheep

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 diagonal right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

10 rising bottom-to-top

11 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

12 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

13 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ギ gi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

827 words total

Other (20 words)

義賊ぎぞく

chivalrous thief

義子ぎし

adopted child

義兵ぎへい

righteous army (esp. in Korea)

義勇軍ぎゆうぐん

volunteer army

義理合いぎりあい

social relationship

義旗ぎき

flag of righteousness

loyal retainer

artificial limb

righteous army

possessed of a strong sense of duty

義民ぎみん

public-spirited or self-sacrificing individual

contribution

heroism

crusade

altruism

altruist

historicism

egoist

primary significance

standardization

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