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谊

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friendship; also pr. [yi2]

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
10
Radical
言 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
誼
Common rank
#2,277
Unicode
U+8C0A

Formation & memory

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How 谊 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Fitting 宜 speech 讠; 宜 also provides the pronunciation

Components 讠 宜

How to remember it

friendship · Heisig RSH #2747

words + 宜 fitting

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 谊

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
尽地主之谊 jìn dì zhǔ zhī yì to act as host; to do the honors
友谊地久天长 Yǒu yì dì jiǔ tiān cháng Auld Lang Syne, Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns 羅伯特·伯恩斯|罗伯特·伯恩斯[Luo2 bo2 te4 · B…
友谊天长地久 Yǒu yì tiān cháng dì jiǔ see 友誼地久天長|友谊地久天长[You3 yi4 di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2]
超友谊关系 chāo yǒu yì guān xi relationship that is more than friendship
联谊会 lián yì huì association; club; society; party; get-together
友谊县 Yǒu yì Xiàn Youyi, a county in Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
友谊商店 Yǒu yì Shāng diàn Friendship Store, PRC state-run store originally intended for foreigners, diplomats etc, s…
深情厚谊 shēn qíng hòu yì deep friendship
交谊舞 jiāo yì wǔ social dance; ballroom dancing
隆情厚谊 lóng qíng hòu yì profound love, generous friendship (idiom)
友谊赛 yǒu yì sài friendly match; friendly competition
友谊万岁 Yǒu yì wàn suì see 友誼地久天長|友谊地久天长[You3 yi4 di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2]
年谊 nián yì camaraderie between persons who have gone through some experience in the same year
交谊 jiāo yì association; communion; friendship
情谊 qíng yì friendship; camaraderie
友谊峰 Yǒu yì Fēng Friendship Peak or Khüiten Peak (4,356 m), the highest peak of the Altai mountains
联谊 lián yì friendship; fellowship
友谊 Yǒu yì see 友誼縣|友谊县[You3 yi4 Xian4]
友谊 yǒu yì companionship; fellowship; friendship
厚谊 hòu yì generous friendship