Hanja Analyzer
稚

稚 — chi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
어릴 치
Romanization
chi
English
young, immature; childhood
Mandarin
zhì
Japanese on'yomi
チ, ジ
Japanese kun'yomi
いとけない おさない おくて おでる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,560 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Variant forms
穉
Radical
禾 (115, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
隹
Unicode
U+7A1A

Parts that make up 稚

  • 禾 벼 화 이삭이 늘어진 벼곡식과 농사
  • 隹 새 추sound 꽁지 짧은 새새. 鳥 와 갈라 쓰나 뜻은 같다

How 稚 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 稚 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 禾, 屖.

Korean example words with 稚

  • 치패稚貝 Korean gloss: 어린 조개
  • 치언稚言 Korean gloss: 어린아이의 유치한 말
  • 치어稚魚 Korean gloss: 알에서 깬 지 얼마 안 되는 어린 물고기
  • 유치하다幼稚 Korean gloss: 수준이 낮거나 미숙하다
  • 치기스럽다稚氣 Korean gloss: 어리고 유치한 데가 있다
  • 유치부幼稚部 Korean gloss: 대회나 모임 따위에서, 초등학교 전 단계의 어린아이가 참여하거나 속한 부문
  • 유치원幼稚園 Korean gloss: 학령이 안 된 어린이의 심신 발달을 위한 교육 시설. 쉬운 음악ㆍ그림ㆍ공작(工作)ㆍ유희 따위를 가르치는 곳으로, 독일의 교육자
  • 치손稚孫 Korean gloss: 어린 손자.
  • 치순稚筍 Korean gloss: 어린 죽순.
  • 치송稚松 Korean gloss: 어린 소나무.
  • 치자稚子 Korean gloss: 나이 어린 아들.
  • 치졸稚拙 Korean gloss: 유치하고 졸렬함.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 稚

  • 幼稚園ようちえん kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
  • 稚魚ちぎょ fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
  • 幼稚ようち infancy; childish; infantile
  • 稚拙ちせつ unskillful; childish; immature
  • 稚やや baby; child
  • 稚気ちき childishness; naivete
  • 稚児ちご infant; child; pageboy
  • 稚鰤わらさ middle-sized Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata)
  • 丁稚でっち apprentice; shop boy
  • 稚鮎ちあゆ young sweetfish; young ayu
  • 稚貝ちがい shellfish fry
  • 稚いいとけない young; innocent; childlike

Characters sharing the phonetic 隹

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “치”

Other hanja with radical 禾

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