正義

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See also: 正义

Chinese

just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
 
 justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (正義) 正 義
simp. (正义) 正 义

Pronunciation

Adjective

正義

  1. righteous; just
  2. (biology) positive sense

Noun

正義

  1. justice; fairness
    代際正義／代际正义  ―  dàijì zhèngyì  ―  intergenerational justice
  2. (tarot) Justice
  3. (literary) correct meaning
  4. a genre of commentary on classic Chinese texts

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正義):

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正 義
せい
Grade: 1 		ぎ
Grade: 5
on'yomi
 正義 on Japanese Wikipedia
 正義 (タロット) on Japanese Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
正 義
ただ
Grade: 1 		よし
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
正 義
まさ
Grade: 1 		よし
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

正(せい)義(ぎ) • (seigi) 

  1. justice
    • 2016 January 22, “ギデオンの誓(ちか)い [Oath of Gideon]”, in ゲートウォッチの誓い [Oath of the Gatewatch], Wizards of the Coast:
      正(せい)義(ぎ)と平(へい)和(わ)のため、私(わたし)はゲートウォッチとなる。
      Seigi to heiwa no tame, watashi wa Gētowotchi to naru.
      For justice and peace, I will be one of the Gatewatch.
    • 2003 July 17, “ギガ・ガガギゴ [Giga Gagagigo]”, in 暗黒の侵略者 [Invader of Darkness], Konami:
      強(きょう)大(だい)な悪(あく)に立(た)ち向(む)かうため、様(さま)々(ざま)な肉(にく)体(たい)改(かい)造(ぞう)をほどこした結(けっ)果(か)恐(おそ)るべきパワーを手(て)に入(い)れたが、その代(だい)償(しょう)として正(せい)義(ぎ)の心(こころ)を失(うしな)ってしまった。
      Kyōdai na aku ni tachimukau tame, samazama na nikutai kaizō o hodokoshita kekka osorubeki pawā o te ni ireta ga, sono daishō toshite seigi no kokoro o ushinatte shimatta.
      In order to fight tremendous evil, he had to get his hands on formidable power from a great deal of body reconstruction, at the cost of his righteous heart.
  2. (tarot) Justice
    Hypernym: タロット (“tarot”)

Proper noun

正(まさ)義(よし) • (Masayoshi) 

  1. a male given name

正(ただ)義(よし) • (Tadayoshi) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
正義

Noun

正義 • (jeong'ui) (hangeul 정의)

  1. hanja form? of 정의 (“justice”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
正義

Noun

正義

  1. chữ Hán form of chính nghĩa (“justice”).
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