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[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
Additional symbols
Unicode: U+3601Katakana: Hepburn romanization: chiNihon-shiki romanization: tiPolivanov cyrillization: тиJapanese braille:

[edit] Syllable

  1. The hiragana syllable at た行い段 (row TA, section I) in a gojūon table.

[edit] Japanese

Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

(romaji chi)

  1. The /chi/ syllable.
  2. The seventeenth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is and the next character is . The equivalent katakana character is .

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[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Noun

(romaji chi)

  1. : blood
  2. : ground, place

[edit] Kanji reading

(romaji chi)

  1. : blood
  2. : earth
  3. : knowledge
  4. : wisdom
  5. : a thousand, many
  6. : pond,pool
  7. : govern, heal
  8. : place, set, keep, station
  9. : price, value
  10. : breast, milk
  11. : shame, embarrassment
  12. : lead to, do
  13. : slow, late
  14. : foolish, stupid
  15. : infantile
  16. : loosen, sag
  17. : thatch, reeds, grass
  18. : mow, shave
  19. : run, dash
  20. : sprite, hobgoblin