議

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See also: 议
議 U+8B70, 議
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B70
← 譯
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 譱 →

Translingual

Han character

議 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜口廿土戈 (YRTGI), four-corner 08653, composition ⿰訁義)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1183, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36027
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1647, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4026, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8B70

Chinese

trad. 議
simp. 议
alternative forms 𲁤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
莪 *ŋaːl
哦 *ŋaːl
娥 *ŋaːl
峨 *ŋaːl
峩 *ŋaːl
鵝 *ŋaːl
俄 *ŋaːl
蛾 *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋 *ŋaːl
涐 *ŋaːl
誐 *ŋaːl
硪 *ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我 *ŋaːlʔ
騀 *ŋaːlʔ
餓 *ŋaːls
義 *ŋrals
儀 *ŋral
轙 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻 *ŋralʔ
艤 *ŋralʔ
礒 *ŋralʔ
羛 *ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議 *ŋrals
犧 *hŋral
曦 *hŋral
羲 *hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋrals) : semantic 言 (“talk”) + phonetic 義 (OC *ŋrals).

Etymology

Cognate with 儀 (OC *ŋral, “ceremony; appearance”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 議
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 宜寄切
Baxter ngjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋˠiᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋᵚiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋjiə̆H/
Li
Rong 		/ŋjeH/
Wang
Li 		/ŋǐeH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 議
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngjeH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋ(r)aj-s/
English discuss

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 議
Reading # 1/1
No. 13056
Phonetic
component 		我
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		議
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋrals/

Definitions

議

  1. to talk over; to discuss
    今天我們就議一下軍情。 [MSC, trad.]
    今天我们就议一下军情。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jīntiān wǒmen jiù yì yīxià jūnqíng.
    Today we will discuss the military situation.
  2. (literary, or in compounds) to comment
  3. (literary, or in compounds) to criticize; to critique
  4. (literary, or in compounds) opinion; suggestion
  5. (literary, or in compounds) parliament; legislative assembly

Synonyms

  • (to talk over):

Compounds

Japanese

Ryakuji for 議, a phono-semantic simplification as 言 (semantic) + ギ (phonetic “gi” for on reading); compare 機 and 魔/摩.

Kanji

議

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. deliberation
  2. consultation
  3. debate
  4. consideration

Readings

  • Go-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
  • Nanori: かた (kata)、のり (nori)、はかる (hakaru)

Compounds

Compounds

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
議
ぎ
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

議(ぎ) • (gi) 

  1. discussion; deliberation; debate

Suffix

議(ぎ) • (-gi) 

  1. Clipping of 議会議員 (gikai giin, “legislature member”).
    都(と)/道(どう)/府(ふ)/県(けん)/市(し)/町(ちょう)/村(そん)議(ぎ)
    to/dō/fu/ken/shi/chō/songi
    a member of the Tokyo/Hokkaido/Osaka/Kyoto/prefecture/city/town/village assembly

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
議
はかる
Grade: 4
nanori

議(はかる) • (Hakaru) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

議 (eumhun 의논할 의 (uinonhal ui))

  1. hanja form? of 의 (“discuss”)

Vietnamese

Han character

議: Hán Nôm readings: nghị, nghĩ, ngợi

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