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Etymology 1 [ edit ] The hiragana character し ( shi ) with a dakuten (゛
Pronunciation [ edit ] Syllable [ edit ] じ (romaji ji
The hiragana syllable じ ( ji ) . Its equivalent in katakana is ジ ( ji ) . See also [ edit ] (Hiragana 平仮名 あ ぁ い ぃ う ぅ ゔ え ぇ お ぉ か ゕ が き ぎ く ぐ け ゖ げ こ ご さ ざ し じ す ず せ ぜ そ ぞ た だ ち ぢ つ っ づ て で と ど な に ぬ ね の は ば ぱ ひ び ぴ ふ ぶ ぷ へ べ ぺ ほ ぼ ぽ ま み む め も や ゃ ゆ ゅ よ ょ ら り る れ ろ わ ゎ ゐ ゑ を ん ー ゝ ゞ ゟ Etymology 2 [ edit ] Counter [ edit ] じ • (-ji
時 hour , o'clock 寺 次 ordinal marker; number in a sequence, number of aspects or dimensions 箇 じ • (ji
柱 地 earth , dirt ; fabric , cloth ; territory 字 letter , character 侍 持 時 痔 hemorrhoids 辞 speech Pronoun [ edit ] じ • (ji
児 じ • (-ji
路 road , a street ; attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place; attaches to a time duration, indicating a trip taking that length of time時 Etymology 3 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of じ – see the following entries.
【字 】 1
[noun] letter , character [noun] handwriting , penmanship [counter] letters , characters
【地 】 2
[noun] earth , dirt [noun] fabric , cloth [noun] ( game of Go ) territory
【寺 】 2
[suffix] ( chiefly Buddhist ) a temple
【時 】 2
[counter] hour , o’clock [suffix] at the time of
【次 】 3
[counter] number of times: an ordinal marker[counter] number in a sequence, number of aspects or dimensions [noun] ( rare ) order , sequence [prefix] ( attached to nouns ) the next , secondary , vice- [prefix] ( chemistry ) hypo- ( used to distinguish the oxidation levels of various acids )
【璽 】 S
[noun] a seal or sigil carved into a jewel [noun] more specifically, such a seal belonging to the Chinese emperor of the Qin Dynasty or later, or belonging to the Japanese emperor[noun] 八尺瓊曲玉 Yasakani no Magatama jewel that is one of the three sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan
(This term, じ , is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.For a list of all kanji read as じ , not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as じ .)
(The following entry is uncreated: 痔
Etymology 4 [ edit ] じ • (-ji
( Classical Japanese ) Attaches to the 未然形 ( mizenkei , “ irrealis or incomplete form ” ) of verbs to form the negative conjectural/volitional, equivalent to modern まい ( -mai ) .
Iroha 浅( あさ ) き夢( ゆめ ) 見( み ) じ 酔( え ) ひもせずAsaki yume miji / Ei mo sezu We shall not have superficial dreams / Nor be deluded. Usage notes [ edit ] This word is morphologically an inflectional suffix . It is classified as 助動詞 ( jodōshi , “ auxiliary verb ” ) in traditional Japanese grammar.
