Hanja Analyzer
毅

毅 — ui

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
굳셀 의
Romanization
ui
English
resolute, decisive, firm, persist
Mandarin
yì
Japanese on'yomi
キ, ギ, ゲ
Japanese kun'yomi
つよ.い
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,770 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
殳 (79, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+6BC5

How 毅 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 毅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 豙, 殳.

Korean example words with 毅

  • 의연하다毅然 Korean gloss: 의지가 굳세어서 끄떡없다
  • 충의忠毅 Korean gloss: 충성스럽고 꿋꿋함.
  • 강의목눌剛毅木訥 Korean gloss: 강직하고 굳세며 순박하고 말투가 어눌함
  • 맹의猛毅 Korean gloss: 뜻이나 의지가 강하여 불의에 굽히지 않는 일.
  • 악의樂毅 Korean gloss: 중국 전국 시대 연나라의 무장(?~?). 소왕(昭王)의 부름을 받고 장군이 되어 제나라를 치고 임치(臨淄)를 함락하여 창국군(
  • 엄의하다嚴毅 Korean gloss: 엄숙하고 굳세다.
  • 웅의하다雄毅 Korean gloss: 씩씩하고 굳세다.
  • 의열하다毅烈 Korean gloss: 굳세고 열렬하다.
  • 호의하다豪毅 Korean gloss: 굳세고 의젓하다.
  • 홍의하다弘毅 Korean gloss: 뜻이 넓고 굳세다.
  • 강의剛毅 Korean gloss: ‘강의하다’의 어근.
  • 침의沈毅 Korean gloss: ‘침의하다’의 어근.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 毅

  • 剛毅ごうき fortitude; firmness of character; sturdiness
  • 毅然きぜん resolute; firm; dauntless
  • 剛毅果断ごうきかだん dauntless and decisive; with fortitude and resolution
  • 聡明剛毅そうめいごうき be reasonable, strong and do not give in
  • 毅然としてきぜんとして with resolution

Other hanja read “의”

Other hanja with radical 殳

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