U+4E49 "义" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

义

U+4E49 "义" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily signifies the concept of righteousness, justice, or moral duty, and it is often used in compound words to denote meanings related to proper conduct, loyalty, or obligation. In traditional Chinese philosophy, especially within Confucian thought, this character represents a core virtue that governs ethical relationships and social harmony. It is a simplified form derived from the traditional character "義" which also carries the same meanings and is widely used in modern Simplified Chinese writing as well as in Japanese and Korean contexts. The character’s stroke order and structure make it a common element in words such as "正义" meaning justice and "义务" meaning duty or responsibility.

General Properties

Code Point	U+4E49
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	义
HTML Hex Encoding	义
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE4 0xB9 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x4E49
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00004E49
C/C++/Java Escape	\u4e49

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII	275242
kCNS1986	E-212E
kCNS1992	3-212E
kCangjie	IK
kCantonese	ji6
kCihaiT	47.201
kDaeJaweon	0165.120
kDefinition	right conduct, righteousness
kEACC	275242
kFennIndex	221.13
kFourCornerCode	4000
kGB0	5069
kHanYu	10042.100
kHanyuPinlu	yì(4472)
kIICore	AG
kIRGDaeJaweon	0165.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10042.100
kIRGKangXi	0082.031
kIRG_GSource	G0-5265
kIRG_HSource	H-FAE5
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-006383
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-3438
kIRG_KSource	K2-2134
kIRG_TSource	T3-212E
kJapanese	ギよい
kTGH	2013:57
kKangXi	0082.031
kMainlandTelegraph	5030
kMandarin	yì
kMojiJoho	MJ006383
kMorohashi	00124
kPhonetic	11 967 1554
kRSUnicode	3.2
kSemanticVariant	U+7FA9<kFenn
kSimplifiedVariant	"义" U+4E49 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	6.12 7.11
kTGHZ2013	433.190:yì
kTotalStrokes	3
kTraditionalVariant	"义" U+4E49 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "義" U+7FA9 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	GH
kXHC1983	1369.130:yì