= y + Ø4
surname Yi / (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy
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= y + Ø4
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
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How to pronounce 義

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

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+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

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義 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Characters with 義 as component

= y + Ø2
apparatus / rites / appearance / present / ceremony
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= y + Ø4
to comment on / to discuss / to suggest
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= y + Ø3
ant
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Words with 義

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Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 in Guangzhou, one a long series of unsuccessful uprisings of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles

Sentences with 義

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