义
義yì
#208 most
frequent character
justice, righteousness, meaning
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
义 pairs 乂 yì, the sound part, with a small 丶 added to tell it apart from 乂. Its first meaning was 'essence of morality'. From there it grew to 'right, righteous' and then to 'meaning'.
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