置

置

See also: 寘

置 U+7F6E, 置 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F6E ← 罭 [U+7F6D] CJK Unified Ideographs 罯 → [U+7F6F]

Translingual

Traditional	置
Simplified	置
Japanese	置
Korean	置

Han character

置 (Kangxi radical 122, 网+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田中十月一 (WLJBM), four-corner 6071₆, composition ⿱罒直)

Derived characters

• 㯰

References

• KangXi: page 948, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28298
• Dae Jaweon: page 1389, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2919, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7F6E

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (直) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
置	*tɯɡs
值	*dɯɡs, *dɯɡ
植	*dɯɡs, *djɯɡ
埴	*tʰjɯɡs, *djɯɡ
惪	*tɯːɡ
德	*tɯːɡ
稙	*tɯɡ
淔	*tʰɯɡ
直	*dɯɡ
犆	*dɯɡ
殖	*djɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tɯɡs) : semantic 罒 + phonetic 直 (OC *dɯɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		置
2nd round simp.		𰭋
alternative forms		寘 𦌤 𦋲 𦌃 𦋘 寘 𦌤 𦋲 𦌃 𦋘 𦋽 𢍧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): zi²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): zi³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): zi⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chṳ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zi⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): zi³ / zeh⁴
• Min Bei (KCR): di̿
• Min Dong (BUC): dé
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di³

• Wu (Wiktionary): tsr (T2)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): zhr⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: z
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³
    • Yale: ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zi³ / zeh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁴⁵/, /t͡səʔ²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: di̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛi²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì
    • Tâi-lô: tì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dix
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /ti²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ti⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tsr (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zhr⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sz̩²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈɨ^H/

Rime
Character	置
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟吏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈɨH/
Li Rong	/ȶiəH/
Wang Li	/ȶĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*trək-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tɯɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	置
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì
Middle Chinese	‹ triH ›
Old Chinese	/*trək-s/
English	put, place; set upright
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	置
Reading #	1/1
No.	17261
Phonetic component	直
Rime group	代
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	置
Old Chinese	/*tɯɡs/

Definitions

置

1. to put; to place; to plant

   • 置猿於柙中，則與豚同。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     置猿于柙中，则与豚同。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Zhì yuán yú xiá zhōng, zé yǔ tún tóng. [Pinyin]

     Put a (wild) ape in an animal cage and it will become (tender) like a suckling.

2. to establish; to set up; to install

   置君  ―  zhì jūn  ―  to appoint a ruler/monarch

   要置一頭家真係唔簡單。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   要置一头家真系唔简单。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jiu³ zi³ jat¹ tau⁴ gaa¹ zan¹ hai⁶ m⁴ gaan² daan¹. [Jyutping]

   It's definitely not simple to establish a home.

3. to abandon; to set aside
4. to set free
5. to buy; to purchase

   • 鄭人有且置履者，先自度其足而置之其坐，至之市而忘操之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     郑人有且置履者，先自度其足而置之其坐，至之市而忘操之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Zhèng rén yǒu qiě zhì lǚ zhě, xiān zì duó qí zú ér zhì zhī qí zuò, zhì zhī shì ér wàng cāo zhī. [Pinyin]

     When a man from (the State of) Zheng wants to buy footwear, first he takes measurements of his foot, then goes to the market and forgets to bring them with him.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 放 (“to put; to place”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		置
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		放
Mandarin	Beijing	擱, 放
	Taiwan	放
	Jinan	擱, 放
	Xi'an	擱, 放
	Wuhan	放, 擱, 頓
	Chengdu	擱, 放
	Guilin	放
	Yangzhou	擺, 放
	Hefei	擱, 放
	Singapore	放
Cantonese	Guangzhou	放, 擠, 躉
	Hong Kong	放, 擠, 躉, 擺
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	放
	Macau	擠
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	擠
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	擠
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	放
	Foshan	擠
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	擠
	Foshan (Shunde)	擠
	Foshan (Sanshui)	擠
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	擠
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	安
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	擠
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	擠
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	放
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	放
	Taishan	放, 跌, 躉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	放
	Enping (Niujiang)	放
	Heshan (Yayao)	放
	Dongguan	𠱂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	放
	Yangjiang	𠱂, 放
Gan	Nanchang	擱, 擺, 放
Hakka	Meixian	放
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	放
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	放
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	放
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	放
	Conghua (Lütian)	放
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	放
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	囥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	放
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	放
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	放
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	囥
Jin	Taiyuan	擱, 放
Min Bei	Jian'ou	架, 放
Min Dong	Fuzhou	放, 廮
	Matsu	放, 廮
Min Nan	Xiamen	𣹇, 下
	Quanzhou	𣹇, 下
	Zhangzhou	𣹇, 下
	Tainan	囥
	Penang (Hokkien)	下
	Singapore (Hokkien)	放
	Manila (Hokkien)	下
	Chaozhou	放
	Shantou	放
	Singapore (Teochew)	放
	Singapore (Hainanese)	放
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	安
Wu	Suzhou	擺, 放
	Ningbo	按, 擺
	Wenzhou	囥
Xiang	Changsha	放, 擺
	Shuangfeng	放

Compounds

Derived terms from 置

一笑置之 (yīxiàozhìzhī) 不容置喙 (bùróngzhìhuì) 不容置疑 (bùróngzhìyí) 不置 (bùzhì) 不置可否 (bùzhìkěfǒu) 位置 (wèizhì) 倒置 (dàozhì) 倒置法 (dàozhìfǎ) 冠履倒置 周置 地理位置 (dìlǐ wèizhì) 堆置 安置 (ānzhì) 差置 布置 建置 (jiànzhì) 恝置 (jiázhì) 抱置 推心置腹 措置 (cuòzhì) 措置乖方 措置有方 放置 (fàngzhì) 未置可否 本末倒置 (běnmòdàozhì) 毋庸置疑 (wúyōngzhìyí) 添置 (tiānzhì) 漠然置之 (mòránzhìzhī) 留置 (liúzhì) 置之不理 (zhìzhībùlǐ) 置之度外 置信 (zhìxìn) 置喙 (zhìhuì) 置放 (zhìfàng) 置水之情 置水之清 置疑 (zhìyí)

置足之地 置身 (zhìshēn) 置身事外 (zhìshēnshìwài) 置身其中 置身局外 置酒 (zhìjiǔ) 膜外概置 配置 (pèizhì) 高自位置 倒置干戈 不予置評／不予置评 (bùyǔzhìpíng) 不置齒頰／不置齿颊 便宜處置／便宜处置 修置產室／修置产室 僑置／侨置 先後倒置／先后倒置 前置作業／前置作业 前置詞／前置词 (qiánzhìcí) 動力裝置／动力装置 定置網／定置网 工廠布置／工厂布置 廢置／废置 待機位置／待机位置 徐穉置芻／徐穉置刍 投閒置散／投闲置散 (tóuxiánzhìsǎn) 推誠置腹／推诚置腹 撥置／拨置 擱置／搁置 (gēzhì) 核裝置／核装置 棄置／弃置 (qìzhì) 標置／标置 樹置／树置 歸置／归置 (guīzhì) 沒張倒置／没张倒置 減速裝置／减速装置 無可置疑／无可置疑 (wúkězhìyí) 無可置辯／无可置辩

無庸置疑／无庸置疑 無庸置辯／无庸置辩 無置錐地／无置锥地 留置觀察／留置观察 編置／编置 置之不顧／置之不顾 置之腦後／置之脑后 置之高閣／置之高阁 置備／置备 (zhìbèi) 置換／置换 (zhìhuàn) 置產／置产 (zhìchǎn) 置而不問／置而不问 置若剛問／置若刚问 置若罔聞／置若罔闻 (zhìruòwǎngwén) 置評／置评 (zhìpíng) 置諸度外／置诸度外 置買／置买 置身無地／置身无地 置辦／置办 (zhìbàn) 置辭／置辞 置辯／置辩 (zhìbiàn) 置錐之地／置锥之地 臨機處置／临机处置 處置／处置 (chǔzhì) 裝置／装置 (zhuāngzhì) 設置／设置 (shèzhì) 變置／变置 賢奸倒置／贤奸倒置 購置／购置 (gòuzhì) 輕重倒置／轻重倒置 配置廣播／配置广播 配電裝置／配电装置 重置價格／重置价格 錯置／错置 (cùzhì) 閒置／闲置 (xiánzhì) 難以置信／难以置信 (nányǐ-zhìxìn) 高自標置／高自标置

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		置

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): tī

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī
    • Tâi-lô: tī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ti³³/

Definitions

置

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 佇／伫 (tī, “to be at; to be in; at; in; during”).

   • 難就難置渡情關 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     难就难置渡情关 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2020, 詹雅雯, 難渡情關

     lân tiō lân tī tō͘ chêng-koan [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Where it is hard is going through the trials of love

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Japanese

Kanji

置

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. 置く: to put
2. (following a て-form verb) to do in advance; to do for some future purpose

Readings

• Go-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
• Kun: おく (oku, 置く, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 置(ち)換(かん) (chikan)
• 置(お)く (oku)
• 置(お)き場(ば) (okiba)
• 置(お)き時(ど)計(けい) (okidokei)
• 置(お)き換(か)わる (okikawaru)
• 置(お)き忘(わす)れる (okiwasureru)
• 箸(はし)置(お)き (hashioki)
• 仕(し)置(お)き (shioki)
• 仕置(しお)き場(ば) (shiokiba)
• 据(す)え置(お)く (sueoku)

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Korean

Hanja

置 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

置: Hán Nôm readings: trí

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