痴
痴 — chi
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 어리석을[癡] 치
- Romanization
- chi
- English
- foolish, stupid, dumb, silly
- Mandarin
- chī
- Japanese on'yomi
- チ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- し.れる おろか
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,663 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 13
- Variant forms
- 癡
- Radical
- 疒 (104, 8 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 知(지)
- Unicode
- U+75F4
Parts that make up 痴
- 疒 병상에 기댄 사람병과 아픔
- 知 알 지sound 화살과 입알다. ‘지’ 계열의 소리
Korean example words with 痴
- 천치天痴 Korean gloss: 선천적으로 정신 작용이 완전하지 못하여 어리석고 못난 사람
- 재치才痴 Korean gloss: 재주 있는 것과 어리석은 것을 아울러 이르는 말.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 痴
- 痴呆ちほう dementia; stupidity; foolishness
- 愚痴ぐち idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
- 痴漢ちかん molester; groper; masher
- 音痴おんち tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music
- 白痴はくち idiot; idiocy; profound mental retardation
- 方向音痴ほうこうおんち (person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
- 痴ち foolishness; fool; moha (ignorance, folly)
- 痴情ちじょう being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love
- 痴人ちじん dunce; fool; idiot
- 痴態ちたい foolishness; silliness; stupid conduct
- 痴話ちわ lovers talk; sweet nothings
- 情痴じょうち being struck mad by love; blind love
Characters sharing the phonetic 知
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “지” in Korean.
Other hanja read “치”
Other hanja with radical 疒
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