义

义
義
yì = y + Ø4
surname Yi / (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy
义
義
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.

义 character breakdown

丶
zhǔ = zhu + Ø3
"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]
This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).
乂
yì = y + Ø4
to regulate / to govern / to control / to mow
乂 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: 乂 looks like pliers. Maud Younger (y) is using pliers (乂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to regulate (乂) and control (乂) the water flow of the sink. Using the pliers she has to pull a lot of bananas (丿) and fingers (㇏) out of the sink.

Characters with 义 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

Words with 义

个
個
人
人
主
主
义
義
individualism
仁
仁
至
至
义
義
尽
盡
extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom); meticulous virtue and attention to duty
仗
仗
义
義
to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by
仁
仁
义
義
benevolence and righteousness
仁
仁
义
義
affable and even-tempered
信
信
义
義
Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan / Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan / Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
信
信
义
義
good faith / honor / trust and justice
保
保
守
守
主
主
义
義
conservatism
仗
仗
义
義
执
執
言
言
to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
三
三
国
國
演
演
义
義
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
内
內
涵
涵
意
意
义
義
(semantics) connotative meaning / connotation
仗
仗
义
義
疏
疏
财
財
to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
来
來
义
義
Laiyi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
来
來
义
義
乡
鄉
Laii township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
保
保
环
環
主
主
义
義
environmentalism
信
信
义
義
区
區
Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan / Hsinyi District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan
信
信
义
義
乡
鄉
Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
假
假
仁
仁
假
假
义
義
hypocrisy / pretended righteousness
假
假
借
借
义
義
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
傅
傅
作
作
义
義
Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician

Sentences with 义

义 currently does not appear in any sentence.