政治

Chinese

political; politics; government
 
to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal
simp. and trad.
(政治)		 政 治

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 政 (せい)治 (じ) (seiji).

Pronunciation

Noun

政治

  1. politics

Adjective

政治

  1. (attributive) political (relating to politics)
    政治面貌  ―  zhèngzhì miànmào  ―  political affiliation
    政治體系 / 政治体系  ―  zhèngzhì tǐxì  ―  political system

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (政治):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
政 治
せい
Grade: 5		 じ
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

政治 (uncountable, hiragana せいじ, rōmaji seiji, historical hiragana せいぢ)

  1. politics
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
政 治
まさ
Grade: 5		 はる
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Proper noun

政治 (hiragana まさはる, rōmaji Masaharu)

  1. A male given name.

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
政治

Noun

政治 • (jeongchi) (hangeul 정치)

  1. Hanja form? of 정치 (“politics”).

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 政治 (seiji).

Noun

政治 (hiragana しーじ, romaji shīji)

  1. politics, government
    沖縄 (うちなー)ぬ政治 (しーじ)
    uchinā nu shīji
    Okinawan politics, Okinawan government

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
政治

Noun

政治

  1. Hán tự form of chính trị, “politics”
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