Hanja Analyzer
致

致 — chi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
이를 치
Romanization
chi
English
send, deliver, present; cause
Mandarin
zhì
Japanese on'yomi
チ
Japanese kun'yomi
いた.す
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#870 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
至 (133, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
至
Unicode
U+81F4

Parts that make up 致

  • 至 이를 지sound 땅에 내리꽂힌 화살다다르는 일
  • 攵 variant of 攴 손에 든 막대기치고 때려 시키는 일. 오른쪽에서 攵 으로 쓴다

How 致 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 致 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 至, 攴.

Korean example words with 致

  • 치의致疑 Korean gloss: 의심을 둠
  • 풍치風致 Korean gloss: 격에 맞는 멋
  • 운치韻致 Korean gloss: 고상하고 우아한 멋
  • 소치所致 Korean gloss: 어떤 까닭으로 생긴 일
  • 아치雅致 Korean gloss: 아담하고 격에 맞는 멋
  • 필치筆致 Korean gloss: 글에 나타나는 맛이나 개성
  • 극치極致 Korean gloss: 도달할 수 있는 최고의 정취나 경지
  • 합치合致 Korean gloss: 의견이나 주장 따위가 서로 맞아 일치함
  • 재치才致 Korean gloss: 눈치 빠른 재주. 또는 능란한 솜씨나 말씨
  • 흥치興致 Korean gloss: 흥(興)과 운치(韻致)를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 치성致誠 Korean gloss: 신이나 부처에게 지성으로 빎. 또는 그런 일
  • 경치景致 Korean gloss: 산이나 들, 강, 바다 따위의 자연이나 지역의 모습

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

Japanese words with 致

  • 一致いっち agreement; accord; correspondence
  • 招致しょうち invitation; summons; bidding (e.g. to host the Olympics)
  • 誘致ゆうち attraction; lure; invitation
  • 合致がっち agreement; concurrence; conformance
  • 過失致死かしつちし involuntary manslaughter; accidental homicide; negligent homicide
  • 満場一致まんじょういっち unanimity; unanimous consent; unanimous agreement
  • 致命的ちめいてき fatal; lethal
  • 致死ちし lethal; fatal
  • 致命傷ちめいしょう fatal wound
  • 致すいたす to do
  • 致し方いたしかた way; method; means
  • 筆致ひっち stroke of the brush; touch; literary style

Characters sharing the phonetic 至

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 至

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