稚

See also 穉, and 推

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 禾 (“person”) + phonetic 隹 – (young) grain.

Han character

稚 (radical 115 禾+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹木人土 (HDOG), four-corner 2091₄, composition ⿰禾隹)

1. young, immature
2. childhood

References

• KangXi: page 855, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25120
• Dae Jaweon: page 1280, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2613, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7A1A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

稚 (Yale ji6)

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Japanese

Kanji

稚 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ち (chi)
• Kun: おさない (osanai), いとけない (itokenai)

Compounds

• 稚気 (ちき, chiki)
• 稚魚 (ちぎょ, chigyo)
• 稚子
• 稚児 (ちじ, chiji; ちご, chigo)
• 稚子拙 (ちせつ, chisetsu)
• 稚鮎 (ちあゆ, chiayu)
• 稚鰤 (わらさ, warasa)
• 丁稚 (でっち, detchi)
• 丁稚奉公 (でっちぼうこう, detchibōkō)
• 幼稚 (ようち, yōchi, “childish, infantile”)
  • 幼稚園 (ようちえん, yōchien, “kindergarten”)

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Korean

Hanja

稚 (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune-Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

稚 (pinyin zhì (zhi4), Wade-Giles chih⁴)

Compounds

• 稚嫩
• 稚气
• 稚弱
• 稚拙
• 稚子