痴

See also: 癡

痴	U+75F4, 痴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75F4

← 痳
[U+75F3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

痵 →
[U+75F5]

Translingual

Han character

痴 (radical 104, 疒+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大人大口 (KOKR), four-corner 0016₀, composition ⿸疒知)

foolish, stupid, dumb, silly

References

KangXi: page 774, character 38

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22257

Dae Jaweon: page 1185, character 24

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2681, character 1

Unihan data for U+75F4

Chinese

trad.		痴/癡
simp.		痴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矢) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
彘	*l'eds
璏	l'eds, ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled
薙	l̥ʰiːs, ljiʔ, *l'iʔ
知	*ʔl'e
蜘	*te
智	*ʔl'es
鼅	*te
潪	teɡs, deɡ
踟	*de
雉	*l'iʔ
矢	*hliʔ
痴	*l̥ʰɯ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhi / thi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ci¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'ih¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci¹
  - Yale: chī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
  - Tâi-lô: tshi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thi
  - Tâi-lô: thi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ty
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰi⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ci¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³³/

Middle Chinese: /ʈʰɨ/▼

Rime
Character	痴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰɨ/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiə/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chī

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	痴
Reading #	1/1
No.	11505
Phonetic component	矢
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	癡
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰɯ/

Definitions

痴

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Compounds

一片痴心
似醉如痴
半痴不顛／半痴不颠
呢呢痴痴
墨痴
如痴似醉
如痴如夢／如痴如梦
如痴如狂
如痴如迷
如痴如醉
如醉如痴 (rúzuìrúchī)
妍皮痴骨
嬌痴／娇痴
小黠大痴
情痴
愚痴
懵懂痴呆
撒嬌撒痴／撒娇撒痴
撒風撒痴／撒风撒痴
書痴／书痴
獃痴
男痴

痴人
痴人痴福
痴人說夢／痴人说梦 (chīrénshuōmèng)
痴倒
痴傻
痴兒／痴儿
痴叔
痴呆 (chīdāi)
痴呆懵懂
痴呆症 (chīdāizhèng)
痴姨
痴子
痴心 (chīxīn)
痴心妄想
痴情 (chīqíng)
痴想 (chīxiǎng)
痴掙／痴挣
痴漢／痴汉 (chīhàn)
痴然如醉
痴物
痴狂

痴獃
痴男怨女
痴痴
痴福
痴笑 (chīxiào)
痴肥 (chīféi)
痴蟲／痴虫
痴迷 (chīmí)
痴那
痴鈍／痴钝
痴長／痴长
痴頑／痴顽
痴騃
發痴／发痴
白痴 (báichī)
花痴 (huāchī)
詅痴符
貪夫痴客／贪夫痴客
賣痴獃／卖痴獃
音痴 (yīnchī)
風痴／风痴

Japanese

Shinjitai	痴
Kyūjitai	癡

Kanji

痴

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 癡)

Readings

Goon: ち (chi, Jōyō)
Kan’on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
Kun: おこ (oko, 痴)^{←をこ (woko, historical)}; うこ (uko); しれる (shireru, 痴れる)^{←しれる (sireru, historical)}

Compounds

痴 (ち)女 (じょ) (chijo)
痴 (ち)漢 (かん) (chikan)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
痴
おこ Grade: S
kun’yomi

/woko/ → /oko/

From Old Japanese.^[1]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) おこ [óꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [o̞ko̞]

Alternative forms

烏滸, 尾籠

Adjective

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, -na inflection, hiragana おこ, rōmaji oko, historical hiragana をこ)

foolish, absurd
indecent, indelicate

Inflection

Inflection of 痴

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	痴だろ	おこだろ	oko daro
Continuative (連用形)	痴で	おこで	oko de
Terminal (終止形)	痴だ	おこだ	oko da
Attributive (連体形)	痴な	おこな	oko na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	痴なら	おこなら	oko nara
Imperative (命令形)	痴であれ	おこであれ	oko de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	痴ではない痴じゃない	おこではないおこじゃない	oko de wa nai oko ja nai
Informal past	痴だった	おこだった	oko datta
Informal negative past	痴ではなかった痴じゃなかった	おこではなかったおこじゃなかった	oko de wa nakatta oko ja nakatta
Formal	痴です	おこです	oko desu
Formal negative	痴ではありません痴じゃありません	おこではありませんおこじゃありません	oko de wa arimasen oko ja arimasen
Formal past	痴でした	おこでした	oko deshita
Formal negative past	痴ではありませんでした痴じゃありませんでした	おこではありませんでしたおこじゃありませんでした	oko de wa arimasen deshita oko ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	痴で	おこで	oko de
Conditional	痴なら（ば）	おこなら（ば）	oko nara (ba)
Provisional	痴だったら	おこだったら	oko dattara
Volitional	痴だろう	おこだろう	oko darō
Adverbial	痴に	おこに	oko ni
Degree	痴さ	おこさ	okosa

Usage notes

Historical sources^[1]^[2] show that this term is more often used as an attributive noun, followed by possessive particle の (no) when used to modify another noun.

Noun

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, hiragana おこ, rōmaji oko, historical hiragana をこ)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
痴
うこ Grade: S
kun’yomi

/woko/ → /uko/

Sound shift from Old Japanese woko.^[1] Obsolete.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝko̞]

Adjective

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, -na inflection, hiragana うこ, rōmaji uko)

(obsolete) foolish, absurd
(obsolete) indecent, indelicate

Inflection

Inflection of 痴

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	痴だろ	うこだろ	uko daro
Continuative (連用形)	痴で	うこで	uko de
Terminal (終止形)	痴だ	うこだ	uko da
Attributive (連体形)	痴な	うこな	uko na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	痴なら	うこなら	uko nara
Imperative (命令形)	痴であれ	うこであれ	uko de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	痴ではない痴じゃない	うこではないうこじゃない	uko de wa nai uko ja nai
Informal past	痴だった	うこだった	uko datta
Informal negative past	痴ではなかった痴じゃなかった	うこではなかったうこじゃなかった	uko de wa nakatta uko ja nakatta
Formal	痴です	うこです	uko desu
Formal negative	痴ではありません痴じゃありません	うこではありませんうこじゃありません	uko de wa arimasen uko ja arimasen
Formal past	痴でした	うこでした	uko deshita
Formal negative past	痴ではありませんでした痴じゃありませんでした	うこではありませんでしたうこじゃありませんでした	uko de wa arimasen deshita uko ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	痴で	うこで	uko de
Conditional	痴なら（ば）	うこなら（ば）	uko nara (ba)
Provisional	痴だったら	うこだったら	uko dattara
Volitional	痴だろう	うこだろう	uko darō
Adverbial	痴に	うこに	uko ni
Degree	痴さ	うこさ	ukosa

Noun

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, hiragana うこ, rōmaji uko)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
痴
しれ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 痴れる (shireru, “to become dimwitted, to become stupid”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɕiɾe̞]

Alternative forms

痴れ

Noun

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, hiragana しれ, rōmaji shire)

foolishness, stupidity

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
痴
ち Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 癡 (tjiə). Compare modern Mandarin 癡／痴 (chī).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ち [chíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi]

Noun

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, hiragana ち, rōmaji chi)

foolishness, stupidity
(Buddhism) ignorance, one of the three roots of the vice dharmas

References

1 2 3 4 5 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 3 4 5 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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[KDJ-1] 1 2 3 4 5 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 1 2 3 4 5 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN