One of the best Japanese Kanji dictionary.

Share this page

Kanji Detail for 儀 - "ceremony"

儀

  • Meaning

    儀 means "ceremony." Also associated with good, to follow.

    1. Ceremony - Manners; proper form; etiquette.

    2. Good - Proper; correct.

    3. To follow - To use as a model.

    4. Spouse - A married couple.

    5. To come - To arrive.

    6. Instrument - Measuring devices.

    7. Matter - An affair; a subject; concerning something.

  • Words using 儀

    • 葬儀 そうぎ Listen funeral; funeral service
    • 余儀ない よぎない Listen unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control
    • 余儀なく よぎなく Listen unavoidably; necessarily; inevitably
    • 儀式 ぎしき Listen ceremony; rite; ritual
    • 儀礼 ぎれい Listen courtesy; etiquette; formality
    • 礼儀 れいぎ Listen manners; courtesy; etiquette
    • 祝儀 しゅうぎ Listen celebration; celebratory event; wedding ceremony
    • 行儀 ぎょうぎ Listen manners; behavior; behaviour

  • Four-character idioms with 儀

    • 他人行儀 たにんぎょうぎ Listen standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger
    • 行儀作法 ぎょうぎさほう Listen etiquette; good manners

  • Tattoo check: 儀

    • Verified meaning: ceremony
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ぎ, ただし)
    • Also carries these associations: good, to follow

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 儀

    Given names 儀(ただし)Listen

    Surnames 儀(ぎ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ceremony; rule; affair; case; a matter

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ceremony, rites gifts; admire

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    instrument, apparatus; ceremony, rites

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Deportment. Such as 威儀. Having awe-inspiring presence is called 威; having deportment worthy of imitation is called 儀. See (Zuo Zhuan). | Model; standard. 儀器 refers to models and the like, ceremonial forms that people can follow. | Colloquially, gifts are called 儀. Such as 賀儀 (congratulatory gift), 程儀 (travel gift).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gi(ギ) ギ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    ceremony good to follow righteous couple instrument matter spouse rite ritual etiquette formality protocol decorum courtesy manners convention procedure propriety custom observance solemnity pageantry formal proper correct

Sentences including 儀

  • Keep quiet and behave well !

  • You are old enough to behave yourself.

  • Mind your manners.

  • Everybody likes polite people.

  • The english are known for their courtesy.

  • It is polite of her to write me back at once.

  • Tom has no manners.

  • Nobody bowed to him.

  • She has fine manners.

  • He is an ill-mannered man.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

More kanji with the radical 人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

See all kanji with this radical →

Share This Page

Share this link via

Or copy link