之

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 Descendants 1.1.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 See also 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 References 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.2 Particle 5.2.1 Synonyms 5.2.2 See also

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Han character

之 (radical 4 丿+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈弓人 (INO), four-corner 3030₇)

1. ’s (marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase)
2. it, him, her, them
3. go to

[edit] Descendants

• し
• シ

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 82, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 125
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 43, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E4B

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

之 (jyutping zi1, Yale ji1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

之 (kanji used for names)

[edit] Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: ゆく (yuku), これ (kore), の (no)
• Nanori: ゆき (yuki)

[edit] See also

• 乃
• の

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

之
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 지 (revised: ji, McCune-Reischauer: chi)

• Name (hangeul): 갈 (revised: gal, McCune-Reischauer: kal)

[edit] References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 之

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

之 (pinyin zhī (zhi1), Wade-Giles chih¹)

[edit] Particle

之 (pinyin zhī)

1. Indicates that the previous word has possession of the next one. In English it functions like 's or like the word "of" but with the position of possessor and possessee switched.

[edit] Synonyms

• 的 (de)

[edit] See also

• Japanese: の (no)
• Korean: 의 (eui)