儀

儀

See also: 仪

儀 U+5100, 儀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5100 ← 僿 [U+50FF] CJK Unified Ideographs 儁 → [U+5101]

Translingual

Han character

儀 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人廿土戈 (OTGI), four-corner 2825₃, composition ⿰亻義)

References

• KangXi: page 118, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1172
• Dae Jaweon: page 251, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 228, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5100

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Chinese

trad.		儀
simp.		仪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儀
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions b12335 Small seal script s05797 Transcribed ancient scripts L30247 L30248 L30249 L01702 L01703 L01704 L01705
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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, OC *ŋral) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 義 (OC *ŋrals).

Etymology

Sino-Tibetan in origin. Cognate with the following (Schuessler (2007), STEDT):

• 宜 (OC *ŋral, “proper; suitable”)
• 義 (OC *ŋrals, “righteous”)
• 議 (OC *ŋrals, “to discuss; to comment; to criticize”)
• 犧 (OC *hŋral, “sacrifice (v., n.)”)

Schuessler (2007) considers them to be cognate with Mizo ŋaiᴴ / ŋaiʔᴸ (“to think; consider; be necessary; have need to; be customary”), Khumi Chin ŋài (“to wish; to need”), Lai ŋaaj / ŋaʔj (“to yearn; to long for”), Tedim Chin ŋaːi² (“to love”).

On the other hand, STEDT provisionally sets up Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaay (“listen; hark”), which is compared to the 5 Sinitic words.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngì
• Min Dong (BUC): ngì
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Wade–Giles: i²
    • Yale: yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî
    • Tâi-lô: gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋˠiᴇ/

Rime
Character	儀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚羈切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ŋje/
Wang Li	/ŋǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)aj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	儀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yí
Middle Chinese	‹ ngje ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)aj/
English	right, proper; ceremony
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	儀
Reading #	1/1
No.	13046
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	宜
Old Chinese	/*ŋral/

Definitions

儀

1. ceremony; rite
2. appearance
3. apparatus; tool

   脫毛儀／脱毛仪  ―  tuōmáoyí  ―  body hair removal tool

   行車記錄儀／行车记录仪  ―  xíngchē jìlùyí  ―  dashcam

4. gift; present
5. to admire

Compounds

Derived terms from 儀

三儀／三仪 三錄儀／三录仪 (sānlùyí) 中星儀／中星仪 丰儀／丰仪 二儀／二仪 來儀／来仪 儀仗／仪仗 (yízhàng) 儀仗隊／仪仗队 (yízhàngduì) 儀制／仪制 儀器／仪器 (yíqì) 儀容／仪容 (yíróng) 儀式／仪式 (yíshì) 儀形／仪形 儀從／仪从 (yícóng) 儀態／仪态 (yítài) 儀態萬千／仪态万千 儀態萬方／仪态万方 儀曹／仪曹 儀檢／仪检 儀注／仪注 儀狄／仪狄 儀禮／仪礼 (yílǐ) 儀範／仪范 儀表／仪表 (yíbiǎo) 儀表板／仪表板 (yíbiǎo bǎn) 儀賓／仪宾 儀軌／仪轨 儀錶／仪表 (yíbiǎo) 儀門／仪门 儀隊／仪队 光儀／光仪 光學儀器／光学仪器 光譜儀／光谱仪 (guāngpǔyí) 兩儀／两仪 (liǎngyí) 八分儀／八分仪 (bāfēnyí) 六分儀／六分仪 (liùfēnyí) 典儀／典仪

凶儀／凶仪 分光儀／分光仪 司儀／司仪 (sīyí) 四分儀／四分仪 土儀／土仪 地動儀／地动仪 地球儀／地球仪 (dìqiúyí) 地震儀／地震仪 (dìzhènyí) 坤儀／坤仪 塵儀／尘仪 夜視儀器／夜视仪器 天球儀／天球仪 天象儀／天象仪 (tiānxiàngyí) 太儀／太仪 失儀／失仪 奠儀／奠仪 (diànyí) 威儀／威仪 (wēiyí) 威儀孔時／威仪孔时 容儀／容仪 (róngyí) 平板儀／平板仪 張儀舌／张仪舌 律儀／律仪 心儀／心仪 (xīnyí) 日晷儀／日晷仪 昭儀／昭仪 (zhāoyí) 書儀／书仪 月儀帖／月仪帖 月球儀／月球仪 朝儀／朝仪 (cháoyí) 殯儀／殡仪 (bìnyí) 殯儀館／殡仪馆 (bìnyíguǎn) 母儀／母仪 (mǔyí) 母儀天下／母仪天下 母儀足式／母仪足式 水平儀／水平仪 (shuǐpíngyí) 水準儀／水准仪 游儀／游仪

渾天儀／浑天仪 (húntiānyí) 漢官威儀／汉官威仪 潘安容儀／潘安容仪 獻儀／献仪 玉儀／玉仪 祭儀／祭仪 禮儀／礼仪 (lǐyí) 程儀／程仪 穴診儀／穴诊仪 節儀／节仪 簡儀／简仪 經線儀／经线仪 經緯儀／经纬仪 (jīngwěiyí) 繁禮多儀／繁礼多仪 繪圖儀／绘图仪 羅盤儀／罗盘仪 羽儀／羽仪 芝儀／芝仪 菲儀／菲仪 葬儀社／葬仪社 薄儀／薄仪 行儀／行仪 行星儀／行星仪 表儀／表仪 謝儀／谢仪 象限儀／象限仪 賀儀／贺仪 (hèyí) 賻儀／赙仪 (fùyí) 贐儀／赆仪 赤道儀／赤道仪 軌儀／轨仪 迴轉儀／回转仪 鍾儀楚奏／钟仪楚奏 風儀／风仪 鳳儀／凤仪 (fèngyí) 鳳凰來儀／凤凰来仪 鴻儀／鸿仪

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Japanese

Kanji

儀

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
• Kun: よい (yoi, 儀い); のり (nori, 儀); のっとる (nottoru)
• Nanori: きたる (kitaru); ただし (tadashi); のり (nori); よし (yoshi)

Kanji in this term
儀
ぎ Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 儀

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) ぎ​ [gíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲi]

Affix

儀(ぎ) • (gi) 

1. ceremony
2. model

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 儀(ぎ)式(しき) (gishiki, “ceremony”)
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)儀(ぎ) (chikyūgi, “globe”)
• 天(てん)象(しょう)儀(ぎ) (tenshōgi, “planetarium”)
• 八(はち)分儀(ぶんぎ) (hachibungi)
• 秘儀(ひぎ) (higi)
• 難儀(なんぎ) (nangi)
• 礼儀(れいぎ) (reigi)
• 六(ろく)分儀(ぶんぎ) (rokubungi)

Noun

儀(ぎ) • (gi) 

1. ceremony
2. thing

Suffix

儀(ぎ) • (-gi) 

1. thing, in relation to

Usage notes

Used after a name or personal pronoun in letters and notices.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

儀 (eum 의 (ui))

1. ceremony
2. model

Compounds

• 태양계의 (太陽系儀, taeyanggyeui, “orrery”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

儀: Hán Nôm readings: nghi, nghe, nghỉ, nghè, nghì, ngơi

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