Keyword
justice
- right conduct
- propriety
- Frequency
- #324
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
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Mnemonic
⺷ (sheep; simplified form of 義) gives the meaning and 乂 the sound.
Stroke order
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Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
意义
sense; meaning; significance; importance
主义
-ism; ideology
社会主义
socialism
正义
justice; righteousness; just; righteous; (in the titles of traditional commentaries) correct interpretation
义
justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
定义
definition; to define
名义
name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose
义务
duty; obligation (CL:项 (xiàng)); volunteer (work etc)
资本主义
capitalism
起义
uprising; insurrection; revolt
含义
meaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning; hidden meaning; hint; connotation
共产主义
communism
恐怖主义
terrorism
马克思主义
Marxism
民族主义
nationalism; national self-determination; principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers); racism
广义
broad sense; general sense
教义
creed; doctrine; teachings
帝国主义
imperialism
自由主义
liberalism
爱国主义
patriotism
义务教育
compulsory education
公义
righteousness
义和团
the Righteous and Harmonious Fists; the Boxers (history)
义工
volunteer worker; volunteer work