| Kanji | 義 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ギ | 
| Nanori | ただし, ちか, のり, よし | 
| English | righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning | 
| Examples | 主義(しゅぎ): doctrine; rule; principle 義務(ぎむ): duty; obligation; responsibility 正義(せいぎ): justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning 意義(いぎ): meaning; significance 講義(こうぎ): lecture 定義(ていぎ): definition 義理(ぎり): duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation | 
| JLPT Level | 1 | 
| Jouyou Grade | 5 | 
| Frequency | 415 | 
| Components | 羊: sheep 我: ego; I; selfish; our; oneself | 
| Number of Strokes | 13 | 
| Kanji Radical | 羊 | 
| Radical Number | 123 | 
| Radical Strokes | 6 | 
| Radical Reading | ひつじ・ひつじへん | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic | 
| Keyword | righteousness | 
| Koohii Story 1 | Righteous Christians are sheep with egos (reworked from raulir, fixes word order to match radical order). | 
| Koohii Story 2 | On the other hand, Woman tend to have too much self-righteousness to allow any man to touch their wooly black sheep this results in similar hand fiestas. | 
| RTK Index (new) | 691 | 
Tags: jlpt.n1, grade5, kanjifreq251-500
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