谊
yì HSK5

friendship

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 宜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 誼.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
宜
宜 Sound component
yi, yí suitable

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

誼 yì friendship Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 宜 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
宜
宜 Sound component
yi, yí suitable

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋrals
Unicodengyɛ̀

說文解字

《說文》：“誼，人所宜也。从言，从宜，宜亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)