之
之 — ji
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 갈 지
- Romanization
- ji
- English
- marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
- Mandarin
- zhī
- Japanese on'yomi
- シ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- の これ ゆく この
- Japanese usage
- Jinmeiyō kanji
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,318 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 (4, 3 residual)
- Unicode
- U+4E4B
How 之 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 之 as a ideographic compound involving 止, 一.
Korean example words with 之
- 지차之次 Korean gloss: 맏이 이외의 자식들
- 분지分之 Korean gloss: 몇 몫으로 나눈 가운데의 뜻을 더하는 접미사
- 거지반居之半 Korean gloss: 거의 절반
- 분지복分之福 Korean gloss: 각자 타고난 복
- 족지족族之族 Korean gloss: 친척이 되는 관계
- 곡지통哭之痛 Korean gloss: 목을 놓아 매우 슬프게 욺
- 법지법法之法 Korean gloss: 법에 규정된 대로 하여 조금도 융통성이 없음을 나타내는 말
- 진지향津之香 Korean gloss: 일본산 청견과 교목하여 만든 신품종 감귤. 항산화력이 뛰어나다
- 하지하下之下 Korean gloss: 품질에 따라 상ㆍ중ㆍ하로 등급을 매길 때에, 하등 가운데 아랫길인 것
- 만물지중萬物之衆 Korean gloss: 온갖 것
- 내외지간內外之間 Korean gloss: 부부 사이
- 부부지간夫婦之間 Korean gloss: 부부 사이
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 之
- 之繞しんにょう kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)
- 加之しかのみならず not only ... but also; also
- 隠熊之実かくれくまのみ Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
- 須佐之男すさのお Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto
- 美之主貝びのすがい Mercenaria stimpsoni (species of Venus clam)
- 長之助草ちょうのすけそう mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas
- 匪石之心ひせきのこころ steadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about
- 之字運動のじうんどう zig-zag motion (esp. warship)
- 燃犀之明ねんさいのめい extraordinary perceptiveness; sharp insight
- 管鮑之交かんぽうのまじわり inseparable friendship
- 雄之万年草おのまんねんぐさ needle stonecrop (Sedum lineare)
- 眼鏡黐之魚めがねもちのうお humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus); Napoleon wrasse; Napoleonfish
Other hanja read “지”
Other hanja with radical 丿
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