# 義 — Righteousness

Frequency rank 237 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 母 (Mother), less common than 音 (Sound).

- On’yomi: ぎ
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 羊 Sheep (Kangxi 123)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The wool-packed sheep puts the farmer through the fence for kicking a lamb, then parks ninety kilos of hoof on his chest and waits.

In words:

- 講義 こうぎ — lecture
- 義務 ぎむ — duty,obligation,responsibility
- 義理 ぎり — duty;sense of duty;honor;decency;courtesy;debt of gratitude;social obligation

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