古義

古义
gǔyì
  1. ancient meaning
  2. original or etymological meaning of a word

CEDICT

ancient meaning

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 古 gǔ
  1. ancient
  2. old
  3. paleo-
2 義 yì
  1. justice
  2. righteousness
  3. meaning
  4. foster (father etc)
  5. adopted
  6. artificial (tooth, limb etc)
  7. relationship
  8. friendship