ち
See also: 5, ら, さ, ぢ, 𠀁, and ㄘ
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕi]
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Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 知 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable
ち (romaji chi)
- The hiragana syllable ち (chi). Its equivalent in katakana is チ (chi). It is the seventeenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is た行い段 (ta-gyō i-dan, “row ta, section i”).
Derived terms
- ちゃ (cha), ちゅ (chu), ちょ (cho)
- ぢ (ji)
See also
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Counter
ち (rōmaji -chi)
- 日:
- 個, 箇:
Noun
ち (rōmaji chi)
- 千: thousand
- 父: term of respect for a boy
- 血: blood
- 乳: milk; breast
- 茅: cogon grass
- 家: house
- 鉤, 鈎: fishhook
- 霊: spiritual power
- 地: ground, place
- 治:
- 知, 智: wisdom
- 笞:
- 痴: foolishness, foolish person; (Buddhism) ignorance, one of the three roots of the vice dharmas
- 徴:
Suffix
ち (rōmaji -chi)
- 路, 道: (obsolete) attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place