In this lesson, you will learn five characters related to principle and rationality.
義 = 의 = grounded in principle
(옳을 의)
The type of words that you will find 義 in are varied. However, they usually have something to do with a meaning or action being justified by principle.
You see 義 a lot in words combined with 主 to make 主義 (주의). This directly translates to something like an ideology or doctrine. When decomposing the meanings of 主 and 義, you get something like a “system of central principles.”
This character appeared in the most example words introduced between Hanja Lesson 1 and Hanja Lesson 62.
表
講義 = lecture
義務 = one’s duty
道義 = morality
反義語 = antonym
同義語 = synonym
信義 = faith
個人主義 = individualism
共産主義 = communism
民主主義 = democracy
人本主義 = humanism
菜食主義者 = vegetarian
共産主義者 = communist
資本主義 = capitalism
資本主義者 = capitalist
理 = 이/리 = rationality, logic
(다스릴 리/이)
理
心理 = mentality
料理 = cooking
料理師 = chef/cook
合理的 = rational
地理 = geography
物理學 = physics
物理學者 = physicist
原理 = principle
代理 = representative
관理 = manage
논理 = logic
理해 = comprehension
大理석 = marble
曜 = 요 = day of the week
(빛날 요)
This character appeared in a lot of example words due to being in the words for days of the week. Aside from the days of the week, there is only one other common words where you will find this character.
曜
日曜日 = Sunday
月曜日 = Monday
火曜日 = Tuesday
水曜日 = Wednesday
木曜日 = Thursday
金曜日 = Friday
土曜日 = Saturday
曜日 = day of the week
則 = 칙 = rule
(법칙 칙)
則
原則 = principle
法則 = law
守則 = regulation
규則 = rule
변則 = irregularity
責 = 책 = responsibility
(꾸짖을 책)
責
責任 = responsibility
無責任 = with no responsibility
責任感 = the sense of responsibility
責任者 = the person responsible