爺

Han character

爺 (radical 88, 父+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金大尸十中 (CKSJL), four-corner 8012₇, composition ⿱父耶)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *laː) : semantic 父 (“fathers”) + phonetic 耶 (OC *laː).

Pronunciation

Definitions

爺

1. father
2. grandfather
3. (polite) grandpa (term of address for an elderly man)
4. (historical, honorific) sir
5. (honorific) term of address for gods and the Buddha

Compounds

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. old man
2. grandfather

Alternative forms

• 祖父

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じ​い [jíꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiː]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じ​じ [jíꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiʑi]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じじ​い [jìjíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiʑiː]

Noun

爺 (hiragana じい, rōmaji jī, historical hiragana ぢい)

1. a grandfather

   （お）爺 (じい)さん

   (o) jī-san

   grandfather

   （お）爺 (じい)ちゃん

   (o) jī-chan

   grandpa; granddad

爺 (hiragana じい, rōmaji jī, historical hiragana ぢい)
(alternative reading hiragana じじ, romaji jiji, historical hiragana ぢぢ)
(alternative reading hiragana じじい, romaji jijī, historical hiragana ぢぢい)

1. an old man; a geezer; a gramps

   （お）爺 (じい)ちゃん

   (o) jī-chan

   mister

   • 1990 June 25 [Feb 17 1990], Morikawa, George, “Roundラウンド ５　1965年ねんのアッパーカット [Round 5: 1965’s Uppercut]”, in はじめの一いっ歩ぽ THE FIGHTING! [The First Step THE FIGHTING!], volume 1 (fiction, in Japanese), 3rd edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 131:

     バカヤロオ　会 (じ)長 (じい)の歳 (とし)　考 (かんが)えろ　心 (しん)臓 (ぞう)止 (と)まっちまうだろうが‼

     Bakayarō jijī no toshi kangaero shinzō tomatchimau darō ga‼

     You idiot‼ Think about gramps’s age‼ His heart coulda stopped‼

     うわぁ　すいません

     Uwā suimasen

     Oww! I’m sorry!

See also

• 婆 (ばば) (baba)

Hanja

爺 • (ya)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 야 (revised: ya, McCune–Reischauer: ya, Yale: ya)
  • Name (hangeul): 아비

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Han character

爺 (gia)

1. Hán tự form of gia