Japanese [ edit ]
Stroke order
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
The hiragana character し ( shi ) with a dakuten (゛ ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Syllable [ edit ]
じ • (ji )
The hiragana syllable じ ( ji ) . Its equivalent in katakana is ジ ( ji ) .
See also [ edit ]
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
Counter [ edit ]
じ • (-ji )
時 : hour , o'clock
寺 : (Buddhism ) temple ; monastery ; place of worship
次 : number of times: an 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 : a 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 : at the time of
Etymology 3 [ edit ]
For pronunciation and definitions of じ – see the following entries.
【寺 】 2
[suffix] ( chiefly Buddhist ) a temple
(This term, じ , is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)For a list of all kanji read as じ , see Category:Japanese kanji read as じ .)
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.