儀ぎ

ぎ

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Meanings

Formal event or rite, often with traditional or official significance.

Used in formal or official contexts to refer to a matter or case, often in set phrases like この儀について.

with regard to; as for; as concerns

Suffix attached to a person's name or pronoun in formal letters and notices, equivalent to 'regarding' or 'concerning'.

〈事こと〉の儀ぎを執とり行おこなうto conduct/hold the ceremony of ~
結けっ婚こんの儀ぎを執とり行おこなう。
They conduct the wedding ceremony.
〈事こと〉の儀ぎに付つきregarding the matter of ~ (formal)
退たい職しょくの儀ぎに付つき、ご報ほう告こく申もうし上あげます。
Regarding the matter of my retirement, I am writing to inform you.
〈人ひと〉儀ぎas for [person] (formal suffix used in official notices)
田た中なか太た郎ろう儀ぎ、このたび退たい職しょくいたします。
As for Tanaka Taro, he will be retiring this time.

式しきN4sense 1
式 is the general word for a ceremony or style, while 儀 is a more formal, often archaic term stressing traditional ritual.
件けんN2sense 2
件 is the everyday word for a matter or case in business contexts, while 儀 is a stiffer, formal term used mainly in written correspondence.
儀ぎ式しきN2sense 1
儀式 names a concrete, structured ceremonial event, whereas 儀 is the more archaic, abstract word that can refer to the ceremony itself or a formal matter.

議ぎ
議 (as in 議論) means discussion or deliberation, while 儀 means ceremony or formal matter; the two share the ぎ reading and the 義 component but are unrelated in meaning.
義ぎ
儀 (ceremony, ritual) is another same-sounding character often confused with 義, but it refers to formal rites, not morality or in-law relations.

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行ぎょう儀ぎN3
manners; behavior; deportment
儀ぎ礼れいN1
courtesy; etiquette; formality; protocol · religious observance; ritual; rite
お辞じ儀ぎN3
bow; bowing
祝しゅう儀ぎ
celebration; festive occasion · congratulatory gift; money gift · tip; gratuity
難なん儀ぎ
troublesome; difficult; hard to deal with · suffering; hardship; trouble; difficulty
律りち義ぎ
upright; honest; conscientious; faithful
地ち球きゅう儀ぎ
globe; terrestrial globe
大たい儀ぎ
state ceremony; grand ceremony · troublesome; laborious; a pain
婚こん儀ぎ
wedding ceremony
儀ぎ典てん
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
六ろく分ぶん儀ぎ
sextant
儀ぎ仗じょう
ceremonial weapon · ceremony
天てん球きゅう儀ぎ
celestial globe; armillary sphere
祭さい儀ぎ
rites; ritual
公こう儀ぎ
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs
辞じ儀ぎ
bow; bowing · declining; refusing
豪ごう儀ぎN1
great; grand; magnanimous · obstinate; stubborn
一いち儀ぎ
one matter; one case · physical intimacy; sexual intercourse
両りょう儀ぎ
heaven and earth; yin and yang; positive and negative
仕し儀ぎ
situation; developments; outcome
余よ儀ぎ
another method; another problem
儀ぎ刀とう
ceremonial sword
儀ぎ刑けい
model; pattern; example to follow
儀ぎ宸しん
empress dowager's residence
儀ぎ容よう
bearing; manners; deportment

The kanji 儀 has been used historically to denote ceremony, form, and matters of protocol. The suffix usage developed from formal written conventions.