義

yì = y + Ø4

surname Yi / (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy

yì = y + Ø4

justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship

义 = 丶 + 乂 : Mnemonic symbol: Justitia.

Justitia (义) and Maud Younger (y) want to fix the shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Just as Justitia is about to grab the shower head with her pliers (乂) she is blinded by a petal leaf (丶) floating about and instead grabs Maud's head with her pliers. This is Maud's just punishment as she broke the shower head in the first place.

義 character breakdown

The character 義 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 義 as component

仪

儀

yí = y + Ø2

apparatus / rites / appearance / present / ceremony

仪 = 义 + 亻 : Justitia (义) prepared a new apparatus (仪), an electric balance, and asks Maud Younger (y) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) to help her test it just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Puzzled she finds that she is not able to weigh the two women in zero gravity.

议

議

yì = y + Ø4

to comment on / to discuss / to suggest

议 = 义 + 讠 : Maud Younger (y) is painting blindfolded onto an advertising column (讠) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Justitia comments (议) on her art and indeed voices very just (义) comments (议).

蚁

蟻

yǐ = y + Ø3

ant

舣

艤

yǐ = y + Ø3

to moor a boat to the bank

檥

yǐ = y + Ø3

variant of 艤|舣[yi3]

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