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friendship

HSK 10 N1
よしみ、よい
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 宜 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (誼)
say+ fitting =
friendship
Meaning component
yán say
words, speech
Phonetic component
fitting
suitable, right, fitting, proper
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Simplified (谊)
speech+ fitting =
friendship
Meaning component
yán speech
KangXi radical 149
Phonetic component
fitting
suitable, right, fitting, proper
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [yì]
friendship; also pr. [yí]
Japanese
誼み 好み よしみ よしび 同音
noun usually kana friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
ただし
Tadashi unclassified name
よしみ
Yoshimi female given name