Taxonomy of meanings for 儀:　　

  • 儀 yí (OC: ŋral MC: ŋɯiɛ) 魚羈切 平 廣韻：【同儀 】
  • 儀 yí (OC: ŋral MC: ŋɯiɛ) 魚羈切 平 廣韻：【儀容又義也正也亦州名本漢涅縣地秦爲上黨郡武德爲遼州又爲箕州今爲儀州亦姓左傳徐大夫儀楚 】
    • RITUAL
      • nabactconcrete ritual practice
      • abstract>VIRTUE
        • nabmoralproper ritual; proper ritualised moderation
        • nab(post-N)the ritual obligations of the contextually determinate NCH
      • standard of>CRITERION
        • ritually required>GIFT
          • ritually required>ACT
            • nabactdeportment
        • grammaticalised>EGO
          • REGIONS
            • ARISTOCRATS OF WEI

              Additional information about 儀

              說文解字: 【儀】，度也。从人、義聲。 〔小徐本作「從人、義，義亦聲。威儀之形。」〕 【魚羈切】

                Criteria
              • RITUAL

                1. The current general term for everything relating to the system of ritual propriety is lǐ 禮. The term refers concretely to ritual ceremonies, to ritual decorum more generally, then specifically to adherence to explicitly prescribed ritual procedure, and then also informally to any ritual propriety in social behaviour

                2. Yí 儀 refers to prescribed concrete ritual procedures, as typically described in Yí lǐ 儀禮.