ち

See also: ら, さ, ぢ, 𠀁, and ㄘ

ち U+3061, ち
HIRAGANA LETTER TI
← だ
[U+3060] 		Hiragana ぢ →
[U+3062]

Japanese

Stroke order

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)

  1. 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
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Etymology 2

Counter

ち (rōmaji -chi)

  1. 日:
  2. 個, 箇:

Noun

ち (rōmaji chi)

  1. 千: thousand
  2. 父: term of respect for a boy
  3. 血: blood
  4. 乳: milk; breast
  5. 茅: cogon grass
  6. 家: house
  7. 鉤, 鈎: fishhook
  8. 霊: spiritual power
  9. 地: ground, place
  10. 治:
  11. 知, 智: wisdom
  12. 笞:
  13. 痴: foolishness, foolish person; (Buddhism) ignorance, one of the three roots of the vice dharmas
  14. 徴:

Suffix

ち (rōmaji -chi)

  1. 路, 道: (obsolete) attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place
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