音読み: ギ
訓読み: none*
画数: 15
部首: 亻（にんべん）
Meaning
Ceremony / Rite / Etiquette / Rule
- 儀式 — ceremony; rite
- 礼儀 — courtesy; etiquette
- 行儀 — manners; behavior
- 儀礼 — ceremonial formality
- 儀典 — ceremonial protocol
- 威儀 — dignity; stately bearing
儀 is phono-semantic: the left side 亻 marks “person,” while the right side 義 (ギ) supplies the sound and the sense of “rightness / proper rule.” Together they point to proper human conduct—ceremony, decorum, and etiquette. In compounds, compare 礼儀 (politeness) with 行儀 (behavior/manners in action).
その儀ならば論に及ばない — “If that’s the matter / formality, it needs no discussion.” Here 儀 means “matter; affair” in a formal register—nice contrast with 論 (discussion).
Creates
儀式 — formal ceremony