漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
誼: friendship, intimacy
JLPT N115 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 宜 is drawn in
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ギgi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 友誼ゆうぎfriendship; friendly relations; fellowship
- 旧誼きゅうぎold friendship
- 交誼こうぎfriendship; amity
Also read よしみ, よい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side誼 friendship · 宜
vs諭 rebuke · 俞In ChineseSimplified 谊 · traditional, as in Japanese · yì
Japan keeps the traditional form 誼; mainland China simplifies it to 谊.
- Simplified
- 谊 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 誼 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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