What 誼 means
Read it as a bond judged good, proper, or friendly. The 2nd century CE Shuowen Jiezi records 誼 as 人所宜也, “what people deem fitting,” and analyzes 言 plus 宜. No secure earlier first appearance is established in this 2026 research pass.
The old tradition links that moral sense with 義; Chinese usage centers on friendly relations, while Japanese よしみ means a close tie. This is text, not emoji artwork: its outline follows your font.
Who writes 誼
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Friendship or amity.
Simplified Chinese friendship.
A bond of feeling.
Questions people ask
1Why does 誼 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 誼
- Also called
- 谊
- Search it as
- yì · yoshimi · よしみ · 友誼 · 友谊 · 情誼 · friendship
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
誼CSS
\8ABCChinese / Japanese
Use yì or よしみ / ギ, then select 誼; simplified Chinese uses 谊.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
誼
HTML hex
誼
CSS content
content: "\8ABC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%AA%BC
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.