谊

誼
yì
#2,131 most
frequent character
friendship, also pr. [yi2]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

谊 joins 讠, speech, with 宜 yí, which means right or suitable and also gives the sound. Speech about what is right gives the first sense, suitable ethics or teaching. From that came friendly relations, and then friendship.

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Homophones

HSK 4
亿yì
a hundred million, calculate
HSK 6
亦yì
also
益yì
benefit, profit, advantage
忆yì
to recollect, to remember, memory
抑yì
to restrain, to restrict, to keep down
意yì
idea, meaning, thought, to think

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