誼

誼 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口十月一 (YRJBM), four-corner 0361₇, composition ⿰訁宜)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1166, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35605
• Dae Jaweon: page 1631, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3992, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8ABC

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋrals): semantic 言 + phonetic 宜 (OC *ŋral).

In some lects, the pronunciation of 誼／谊 is the same as that of 宜 (i.e. in the light level tone (陽平／阳平)). This is the result of dubanbian (讀半邊／读半边 (dúbànbiān)).

誼

1. friendship

   友誼／友谊  ―  yǒuyì  ―  friendship

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 義 / 义 (yì)

   • 知自貴於物，然後知仁誼。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     知自贵于物，然后知仁谊。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Zhī zì guì yú wù, ránhòu zhī rényì. [Pinyin]

     Having understood that one's very self is dearer than any external object, one then begins to understand charity and morality.

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 議 / 议 (yì)

• “誼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. friendship
2. closeness; intimacy

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kun: よい (yoi, 誼い)、よしみ (yoshimi, 誼)

誼 (eum 의 (ui))

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誼: Hán Nôm readings: nghị

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