置

See also 寘

Translingual

shinjitai	置
simplified	置
traditional	置

Alternative forms

Note the difference between traditional/Japanese (置, 置) and simplified (置), due to different forms of the component 直.

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 罒 + phonetic 直

Han character

置 (radical 122 网+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田中十月一 (WLJBM), four-corner 6071₆)

1. place, lay out
2. set aside

References

• KangXi: page 948, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28298
• Dae Jaweon: page 1389, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2919, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7F6E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

置 (jyutping zi3, Yale ji3)

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Japanese

Kanji

置 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ち (chi)
• Kun: おく (oku)

Compounds

• 置く
• 置き忘れる
• 箸置き

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Compounds

• 置办
• 置备
• 置辩
• 置放
• 置换
• 置买
• 置评
• 置若罔闻
• 置身
• 置身事外
• 置信
• 置疑
• 置之不理
• 置之度外
• 置之脑后

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Vietnamese

Han character

置 (trí)